Fitzpatrick – Minister for Transport must intervene and stop the withdrawal of the No. 11 bus route

Dublin Central Senator Mary Fitzpatrick has called for the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan, to intervene in the National Transport Authority (NTA)’s proposed withdrawal of the No.11 bus and prevent it from being withdrawn.

Senator Fitzpatrick said the No.11 bus service is a vital cross-city service and that the NTA is refusing to engage with the people set to be most affected by its withdrawal.
Speaking in the Seanad, she said: “I want to raise the issue of the withdrawal of the No. 11 bus service from Drumcondra.

“This proposal has been aired now for many years and I have been engaging on it along with Resident’s Associations.

“Various Resident’s Associations have been engaging on this since back in 2017.

“I was on a call with the NTA yesterday for more than an hour and a half, imploring them to engage with residents, to meet with residents and the commuting public, yet they are refusing to do so, refusing to even get on a zoom call with them.

“They are refusing to meet with the public to discuss the withdrawal of the 11 bus, even though those people are the ones affected.

“The 11 bus is a vital public transport service in not only my own community, but also across the city. This is a cross-city service and the NTA, in their infinite wisdom, are going to withdraw it on the 8th of December and it is simply not acceptable.

“It is not acceptable to the people of Drumcondra, of Glasnevin, of Finglas and Ballymun.

“The Minister for Transport must intervene and stop this withdrawal on the 8th of December.

“This is an incredibly valuable cross city service and its withdrawal is simply unacceptable.”

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