Congestion costing Dublin Bus €60m annually

Dublin- Congestion is costing Dublin Bus €60m a year out of a total subvention of €80m, the Joint Committee on Transport has heard. Bill McCamley, SIPTU worker director, said Dublin Bus also paid VAT on its subvention and these factors had to be considered when looking at the subvention.
He told the committee that in relation to private operators SIPTU had a pragmatic attitude but claimed that up to 50% of licences issued to private operators to provide a service on some bus routes in Dublin were not being used. He claimed the private operators were sitting on their licences and in the meantime Dublin Bus could not develop a service on that route. He said Dublin Bus had problems in areas like Swords and Lucan because there may be issues with the private operators.