Public Transport
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-30
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Darragh O'Brien (FF), Dublin Fingal East

There is significant advance notice given. We need to improve the additional services that are there. I can tell the Deputy there are additional bus services this weekend serving the northern line. There is no easy answer to this. Lines need to be upgraded. Overhead lines, railway tracks and embankments need to be worked on. That all needs to happen. I cannot tell the Deputy we can avoid doing work on the May or June bank holidays. You can get a significant amount of work done on a continuous basis. That is the advantage to the workers who are carrying out that essential work. I appreciate it is disruptive and I take the point. I will bring the Deputy's feedback to the company to see if there is a way of just using the Monday. Large events are taken into account too but fortunately there is rarely a weekend that there are not major events in the capital city. I take the point the mini-marathon is a staple in our national calendar and I will bring that back.

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Sitting date: 2026-04-30