Public Transport
Dail Éireann — 2026-03-18
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Darragh O'Brien (FF), Dublin Fingal East

That is what I have been told but I have taken down the examples Deputy Whitmore has given me. Go-Ahead said that availability of fleet and staff has greatly reduced the number of lost kilometres being experienced on the route. The company has recruited a number of mechanics from overseas, which has assisted in addressing fleet reliability issues, while the number of drivers available to operate services also continues to improve. There has been strong momentum in March and the figures I have are that the L2 service has been operating at 98.33% of its contracted kilometres to date, exceeding key performance indicator, KPI, targets. Based on what Deputy Whitmore has said, we will certainly go back and check the figures but these are independent figures given to me.
Go-Ahead has also completed an internal review of route adherence following reports of the service not serving Sea Road on a small number of occasions, and immediate corrective actions have been implemented. There has been no recurring issue since these actions were taken. I am telling Deputy Whitmore as I have it. If she has information to the contrary, I will take it directly to the NTA. I have a real frustration with ghost buses and buses not showing up. There have been improvements in recent months countrywide but there are still some areas where there appear to be specific issues with specific routes. I continue to raise this with the NTA and bus operators. I will raise the specific matters that Deputy Whitmore has raised. I am told there has been an improvement but Deputy Whitmore is telling me there has not. We will raise the matter with the NTA and Go-Ahead.

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Sitting date: 2026-03-18