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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I will read out the line from the Comptroller and Auditor General's opening statement: "In 2022, performance-related deductions applied to public transport operators amounted to just over €17.3 million, up from just under €3.8 million in 2021." That is not just an amount; it is reliability. Reliability is the number one important issue for people. You stand at a bus stop and...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Is Mr. Ryan talking about Dublin Bus or the city? What is he talking about?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Dublin Bus operates in Bray, Maynooth, Leixlip and Celbridge. Is Mr. Ryan talking about all of that?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: What is the reliability outside of that?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Regarding KPIs, does the NTA count traffic congestion?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: No. Obviously, the NTA has metrics to decide. There is an investment in public transport. Is there a correlation in the reduction? Is a correlation in the reduction in congestion a KPI as a consequence of that investment?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Where is that measured? To be perfectly honest, you would not need to do a survey, you can just see that congestion is getting worse and not getting better. Obviously, that interferes with the efficiency of bus services. If that is not measured-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I understand that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I have said this before. The NTA does surveys and will do a satisfaction survey. People have come into my office, including even this week, about a couple of services put on almost two and a half years ago and are still experiencing dissatisfaction even this week. I hope those people will come forward as well as people in other places. It is all very well saying there are 72,000...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I may stop Ms Graham there. Of course it has, because the NTA put a spine and local services in.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: There is a double movement of people with BusConnects, so the NTA counts those. That is fine. Of course, if you put more buses on in different places, more people will use them. I understand that. That does not mean that the service necessarily meets people's needs. There are different needs. If you look at cost per kilometre, which is in the briefing document, it is €6.28 per...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Had the NTA factored in the number of out-of-service buses? If you look at local routes, you have to have an out-of-service bus to support that, but they are on the road the whole time.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I will go to something else. I may follow up if we get a second opportunity. The NTA planned routes. To what extent was this a desktop exercise? I will give two examples. The NTA planned on putting the W8 on, which was an orbital route from Maynooth to Tallaght. It was a great idea which I really supported. Just before it was to be introduced, the NTA discovered there was a bridge over...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I looked at all of the hospitals in my area and measured the distances involved. I know my area well. By some distance, no route was preferable to getting into a car, in terms of the time it took and the cost. I would have thought the NTA would consider a key issue like hospital services.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I will show Ms Graham exactly what I mean.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: My question is the one the witnesses are expecting me to ask them. It relates to the bolt-on process, or likely bolt-on process, with regard to Kilcock and DART+ West. Is the NTA working on a bolt-on process? As the witnesses are aware, there will be big railway sheds in Kilcock. The train is coming to Kilcock but people cannot get on or off and the railway station is only a few hundred...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I do not need Mr. Creegan to explain that to me.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Is it likely to run in tandem with the project?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: It is a very definite ambition.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. Creegan. As regards bus shelters, I suppose the NTA has been saying the exact same thing we all have been saying - is it ever going to stop? We have had rain non-stop for months. How do you get bus shelters? Under BusConnects, people are going to be told they have to get off and wait, to use that as an example. People cannot be told they have to bring their umbrellas with...