Transport

NTA and department at loggerheads over public transport funding

Concerns over ability to progress BusConnects and other public transport programmes

Eamon Ryan, Minister for Transport, with Anne Graham, chief executive of the National Transport Authority: the government allocated a total of €600 million for public service transport in this year’s budget

Major concerns have been raised by the National Transport Authority (NTA) over the level of funding for the country’s public transport network this year, which the body said could hinder the rollout of BusConnects.

The authority confirmed that it had expressed its concerns to the Department of Transport over this year’s budget allocation for public services following a meeting of the NTA board in late November.

The government allocated a total of €600 million for ...