Regulation and integration of public transport

What this means

• The National Transport Authority is a public body set up to secure and oversee public passenger transport services across Ireland.[source]
• It is responsible for licensing bus services and small public service vehicles such as taxis, regulating who can operate these services.[source]
• The Authority leads the development of integrated transport in the Greater Dublin Area, joining up different transport services for passengers.[source]
• Its powers come from the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008, which sets out its legal duties and accountability to the public.[source]
• There are 2 implementing commitments linked to this mandate, meaning specific actions are being tracked to ensure the Authority delivers on its duties.[source]

Direct impact (3)

• duty held by body
  National Transport AuthorityBody
• implements mandate via commitment
  Roll out contactless payment across public transportCommitment
• implements mandate via commitment
  Establish a public transport security forceCommitment

Indirect impact (1)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• implements mandate via commitment → delivery owned by officeholder2-hop via pfg-2025-transport-contactless-fares
  Darragh O'BrienOfficeholder