Bus service for Galway families
Deputy Connolly raised the loss of a bus service for 55 Galway families and linked it to emissions obligations and public transport. The Tánaiste asked her to send details and said the Minister would respond.
This morning, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten, confirmed that we would ratify the Paris Agreement, COP 21, on 4 November. He also committed to producing the mitigation plan before the end of the year. We have serious obligations in that context on public transport. In Galway city, 55 families are going to be left without a bus. I have written to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, in regard to this matter.
Comment on this
It comes under public transport in regard to emissions. Given that Bus Éireann has unilaterally said it cannot afford to provide a service, 55 families whose children attend a DEIS school are going to be left without public transport. That is after 25 years of calling it an interim measure. I would like action on the matter.
