Transport Police Service: Motion
Seanad Éireann — 2023-01-25
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Mary Fitzpatrick (FF), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I move:
“That Seanad Éireann:
recognises that:
- there is a recent increase in anti-social behaviour on public transport across the country;
- this increase is dissuading the public from utilising the transport network;
- young people, the elderly and women are particularly impacted;
- this behaviour is undermining the significant investment and funding allocated to the public transport system by the Government;
notes the:
- exposure of public transport staff to regular threats of violence;
- recent suspension from 6 p.m. of Dublin Bus services in parts of its network, after reports of 35 incidents of violence, attacks, vandalism, threats with knives, and a female driver terrorised by a large mob;
- testimony of bus drivers to Dublin Bus management that it is not tenable for them to ‘risk life and limb, driving buses … to be attacked and assaulted’;
agrees that:
- everyone on public transport, whether employee or passenger, should be able to rely on a safe and secure system and be protected from anti-social behaviour;
- public transport is important in meeting Ireland’s climate goals;
and calls for:
- the establishment of a dedicated Public Transport Unit within An Garda Síochána.”

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Sitting date: 2023-01-25