Clare TD Hits Out At NTA’s “Draconian” Handling Of Clare Bus Controversy

The Health Minister says he will raise the Clare Accessible Transport controversy with the Department of Transport.

Clare’s Independent TD Michael McNamara has raised the issue in the Dáil, accusing the National Transport Authority of using the “cloak” of COVID-19 to deliver bad news, which he says amounts to “draconian” measures.

The Clare Bus operator lost its contract to provide the local link bus services last month; with the NTA saying that this was due to difficulties in concluding contract negotiations.

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Scariff Deputy McNamara says despite raising the issue with acting Transport Minister Shane Ross, he’s still awaiting a reply but Minister Simon Harris says he will press the issue.