Cavan/Monaghan Fianna Fáil TD Brendan Smith has welcomed the commitment by the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan TD, to raise with Bus Éireann capacity issues on the Cavan Dublin route. Deputy Smith raised this issue again through further Parliamentary Questions in Dáil Éireann. According to commuters and Bus Éireann staff, when the 109 and 109X leave Bus Aras sometimes they are full.
They are not able to pick up passengers who are expecting to be able to get home on a scheduled service and there are passengers bound for county Cavan being left behind in the city of Dublin, in West Dublin and on into county Meath. Deputy Smith says there are people getting on the buses that are bound for Cavan but who are not travelling to county Cavan. They are getting off between Dublin and Cavan and the buses arrive to either Virginia or Cavan Town, those buses are not always full to capacity. As a result, the local TD is calling for direct Cavan/Virginia/Whitegate/Dublin services in the early morning time and similarly early evening direct services from Dublin/Virginia/Whitegate/Cavan. Minister Ryan told the Dáil that he would be meeting with Bus Éireann in the coming days and will raise directly with its representatives this issue Deputy Brendan Smith had raised.
