Bus Services
Seanad Éireann — 2026-09-22
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Fiona O'Loughlin (FF), Administrative Panel

I thank the Minister of State and I appreciate his supportive words. I am pleased to hear him say that the NTA is planning new town bus services in Newbridge and in Naas, which is another growing town, and that public consultation will begin in October. It is important that the NTA does a briefing for all public representatives. We all get a lot of responses in relation to this. I look forward to that piece and to the implementation.
Once we have that, I will be looking for a service for Kildare town, which is another growing town. It has nearly a bigger problem because of the car parking spaces at the railway station. If you get there after 7 a.m., you have no parking space. They did some works and actually took away car parking space. There is a huge problem there.

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Sitting date: 2026-09-22