There was a dramatic increase in the number of on street licensing checks carried out by NTA Compliance Officers last year ….

Dublin Bus will offer refunds to customers with annual, monthly and some other types of tickets effected by the service disruption on 31 March 2017. These refunds will become available once the current Bus Éireann dispute is settled.

Response to the decision by Bus Éireann to withdraw from or reduce service on a small number of Expressway routes.

Introductory Statement from Anne Graham, Chief Executive Officer, National Transport Authority to the Oireachtas Transport Committee 22nd February 2017.

The operation was centred on the M1 motorway at junction 6, North and Southbound and connecting road networks, between the hours of 2am and 7am on Sunday 19th February 2017.

According to the Canal Cordon Report 2016 published by NTA and Dublin City Council, 134,559 people travel into the city centre at peak time using bus, train, Luas, walking or cycling. This is up from 132,188 in 2015.

The National Household Travel Survey 2017 which will collect information on travel patterns of the Irish public, targeting over 6000 households from all over Ireland and the research will assist in future transport provision planning.

Tim Gaston, Director of Public Transport Services said: “Suggestions that decisions made by the National Transport Authority (NTA) in granting commercial licences to bus operators have been to blame for the difficulties being experienced by Bus Éireann, simply do not stand up to scrutiny.

10M more passengers use public transport in 2016