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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I also ask the Minister of State to ask the Minister to give more succinct responses that contain more relevant information rather than three quarters filler and one quarter relevant information. That is not the Minister of State's fault. I am not blaming him.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)
Niall Collins: That is not a problem. I will convey the Deputy's request for the details on the smaller buses and the additional stops to the Minister. I will absolutely convey the Deputy's disappointment with regard to Ros Muc. I will also make the Minister for Transport aware of the Deputy's desire that he develop a policy on the distances between bus stops. Other than that, I do not have anything...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I would probably agree with that. It can save on the hot air in here.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)
Niall Collins: I can tell the Deputy that the topic of bus stops is emotive. My own father lobbied me for a bus stop near our house for many years - approximately 15 years - and one arrived there last year but I had nothing to do with it landing there. I will convey all of that.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Deputy.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: We need a service that services the people. It is a kind of Irish joke that you would have a bus service that is happier with no passengers than with passengers and is still running at a cost to the State.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, going to sort out this problem for us in Connemara?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)
Niall Collins: I thank Deputy Ó Cuív for raising this important topic which I am taking on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Ryan. At the outset, I would like to clarify that the Minister for Transport has responsibility for policy and overall funding regarding public transport but neither the Minister nor his officials are involved in the day-to-day management, operation or planning of public...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister of State for anticipating the second part of my question regarding Knock Airport. The proposal is quite simple. Let us start on a phased basis, say, for the months of June, July and August, that the bus would run down as far as Knock Airport. Telling me there is connecting buses is like telling me I can get a flight to a holiday destination and that I can get a cheaper...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)
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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for choosing this matter and the Minister of State for coming in to deal with it. Under Connecting Ireland, two bus services were set up in Connemara. One goes from An Cheathrú Rua up through Screebe, Maam Cross, Cornamona, Clonbur, Ballinrobe to Claremorris. The other goes from An Cheathrú Rua to Screebe, but it then turns west and goes to Carna, An...