COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF JOINT POLICING COMMITTEE

Friday, February 06, 2009

QUESTION NO.

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor, TD

To ask the Manager to detail action being taken to ensure that the bus service to Tallaght West is properly protected to ensure that no threat to the bus service occurs; will he appreciate the strong concerns of the local community that the bus service be preserved without any interruption and will he make a statement.

REPLY:

The Dublin Bus Forum chaired by Garda Management meets on a monthly basis. Dublin Bus Management and Union Officials attend.

 Members regularly travel on buses in uniform and plain clothes.  Community Gardai travel with Dublin Bus Inspectors when they are patrolling the area.

 At Forum Meetings all incidents recorded by Dublin Bus are reported to Gardai.  Gardai report present position with previously reported incidents.  If incidents of an urgent nature occur they are immediately reported by Chief Inspector Dublin Bus and received priority response from the Gardai.

 Dublin Bus management and Dublin Bus Unions state that the service given to then by An Garda Siochana in Tallaght is outstanding and they could not ask for more and they have no issues with An Garda Siochana.