Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the problems with the bus route operated by a company (details supplied) whereby busses are either severely delayed or cancelled entirely; if he believes their licence should be revoked if they cannot operate the service to a specific standard; if he has considered bringing these routes back under public operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5278/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in conjunction with the relevant transport operators, in this case Go Ahead.

However, I met with the National Transport Authority today. I’m pleased to say they are taking this very seriously and a detailed review is underway as to what happened over the last few weeks. They have assured me that additional resources with the bus operators are in place or are shortly going to be in place.

In light of the NTA’s responsibility in this area, I have forwarded the Deputy's request to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.