Public Transport
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-17
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Brendan Smith (FF), Cavan-Monaghan

This Government and the Minister, in particular, have advocated very strongly for people to use public transport, and I am very glad that new and additional services have been provided to areas like my two counties of Cavan and Monaghan. Next Monday, a new Local Link service linking Cavan, Cross Keys, Ballyjamesduff, Virginia, Mullagh, Moynalty, Kells and Baile Ghib will be introduced with good frequency. My particular concern, however, is the lack of adequate capacity on the Cavan-Dublin commuter belt, particularly the No. 109 and No. 109x services. There are peak times in the services, both morning and afternoon into early evening, when people are being left behind or delayed for far too long before they can access their bus journey home. We need additional capacity and revised schedules.

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Sitting date: 2024-10-17