Public Transport
Dail Éireann — 2026-02-04
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Naoise Ó Muirí (FG), Dublin Bay North

I thank the Minister of State. It is good to hear about the revised schedule in terms of the additional peak trip and the morning peak capacity trips from 2 November. To be honest, I do not want to come in here and raise issues about specific bus services because it is a matter for the NTA, but in a situation whereby residents are finding that the service is deteriorating and the NTA is not responding, then I am obliged to do it here. Like the Minister of State or any other Member of this House, we are obliged to raise the issues that matter to our constituents.
I am going to give two examples. The first is from 17 December. I will read an email verbatim:
There are now so many cancellations of the 15 because Dublin Bus fear getting a fine from the NTA for being outside the timetable and allowed tolerance re:arriving late/arriving early, that you are lucky if you see two or three in an hour, a long way off the published timetable, which at this stage is but a work of fiction. From the 01st Jan to 30 Sep 2025 there were 2950 cancellations of the 15 route making it the 4th most cancelled bus route in the city.
That is one example. I will give just one other from 30 January.
This morning, I waited 50 minutes before a bus showed up (8am to 8.50am) – screen said 4 minutes for the duration of that time. My sister also travels this same route and this week alone experienced: Tuesday - 1 hour and 15 minutes wait; Wednesday – 30 minutes wait; Thursday – 20 minutes wait and a broken-down bus; Today – broken down bus again. As a fare-paying customer, I expect a basic level of punctuality and reliability that is currently not being met by this service.
They are just two examples of the many contacts Councillor Singh and I have received. I welcome the response of the NTA in terms of additional capacity. I also welcome what it is talking about doing, but the NTA needs to up its game in this situation because the 15 above many other routes in the city, goes from Clongriffin, which is growing, all the way into the city centre. It is a vital route. It is a workhorse of a route for the area.

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Sitting date: 2026-02-04