Public Service Obligation
Dail Éireann — 2021-06-17
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Eamon Ryan (GP), Dublin Bay South

I agree with the Deputy. That is a very good example of an anomaly where the fare system is not based on similar distance. Bus Éireann, like all transport companies, is going through its own challenges in managing Covid but when coming out of it, we want it to come back stronger, both in the work it does on Expressway and on the PSO services, and in the work it does in supporting education and other services for the Department of Education. In that regard, there is a lot of work to be done in standardising fares, standardising the booking system and making it easier to book online, given there are all sorts of different anomalies which do not facilitate easy encouragement of passengers.
The example given by the Deputy is a good one. I will bring it up directly with the company to see what can be done as an example of change.

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Sitting date: 2021-06-17