People Before Profit - United Left Alliance

Stop bus cuts Public meeting
Hilton hotel (clarehall)
Thurs 12th march @ 8:00pm

Speakers:
Owen mc cormack Bus workers action group)
Martin o’sullivan (people before profit)
087 82 89 243

On 26 January 2009 the Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey published a report he commissioned on Dublin Bus by Deloitte. He portrayed Dublin Bus as inefficient because we do not simplify the routes. When this was tried in the past the public objected and lobbied their local TDs, including Government ministers who ordered Dublin Bus to desist from doing so. The public do not want this type of simplified network. The elderly and disabled do not want to walk longer distances to a bus stop. They do not want to take two buses instead of one.

Here are some facts about your bus service from this report:

1. The cost base of Dublin Bus is generally as efficient as comparable companies.
2. Costs are in line with industry norms (including wages).
3. Scheduling of buses and drivers is generally efficient when compared to international benchmarks.
4. Dublin Bus work practices are flexible in many areas which enable efficient driver deployment in the majority of cases.

The Minister states that the bus users deserve a better bus service. If that is the case, how does he explain that Government funding for Dublin Bus is low when compared to comparable operations in other European countries? The Dublin Bus subvention is 29 per cent of total revenue. The Minister describes this figure as ‘record funding’.

Here is the subsidy in some European cities

Lyon 79 per cent
Brussels 68 per cent
Amsterdam 62 per cent
Zurich 57 per cent
London (privatised) 38 per cent
Dublin 29 Per cent

This leaflet was produced by Martin O’Sullivan, who is a candidate for the People Before Profit Alliance for the Artane – White hall constituency.
Contact Martin O’Sullivan
tel: 087 82 89 243 E-mail martin.osullivan@PeopleBeforeProfit.ie
Web www.PeopleBeforeProfit.ie