Bus Services
Dail Éireann — 2020-11-12
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Eamon Ryan (GP), Dublin Bay South

I set out the numbers in my earlier answer. There will be an additional 240 new buses, and 200 additional buses are planned for the Dublin region in the next three years.
As regards Bus Éireann, those Expressway services are not yet due to be removed but that decision was made at the same time as additional drivers were being taken on by Bus Éireann. The company is expanding and I want to see it expand further. It is making provision for new services in counties Meath and Louth where there is unmet need. That decision was not an expression of a lack of confidence in Bus Éireann - far from it. The company told us it wanted to expand in these areas and that deploying its resources in this way was the best way to proceed. For the towns that could potentially lose out, for example, Cahir and Mitchelstown, we gave a very clear commitment that public service obligation, PSO, services would be put in place in any such instance. I believe in public transport and PSO services and if any such gap appears, it will be met and closed.

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Sitting date: 2020-11-12