asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce whether representations have been made to his Department concerning the excessively heavy increases in the bus fares on the Galway-Clifden service with a view to having them proportioned to the increases on other routes; and will he say what action, if any, he proposes to take in the matter.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Fares on County Galway Bus Service.
Representations were made to my Department by certain local interests regarding the increase in bus fares between Galway and Clifden and generally in Connemara. The matter of the revision of these fares was raised with the Great Southern Railways Company, who have now agreed to reduce the single fare between Galway and Clifden via Maam Cross from 7/- to 6/- and via Cong from 8/6 to 7/3, and to reduce the fares for the intermediate stages on both routes proportionately. The reductions, I understand, are due to take effect as from to-day.