Fingal Lagging Behind as Bus Shelter Numbers Collapse
New Figures provided to Deputy Roderic O’Gorman through a parliamentary question show that only 8 bus shelters have been built in Fingal since 2018, with 0 built so far in 2026. This is in comparison to 106 built in Dublin City and 40 built in South Dublin in the same timespan.
The responsibility for the installation of bus shelters lies with the National Transport Authority, with each shelter requiring planning permission before being installed.
Addressing the new figures, Deputy O’Gorman said:
“I have always felt the NTA needs to put a greater focus on the issue of the commuter experience - just one uncomfortable journey can turn somebody off using public transport, and getting drenched on a rainy day waiting for a bus that might be running late is a far too common experience. Having adequate shelter from the rain is not too much to ask for”.
“The numbers coming out of Fingal happen at the same time of a total collapse in bus shelters being installed nationally in 2025 - in that year just 3 were installed in all of County Dublin, and 14 counties did not build even one shelter” O’Gorman stated.
Reflecting on the Government’s current transport priority Deputy O’Gorman noted:
“The government has put the parking brake on for numerous planned public transport improvements - most of which were planned by the Greens in Government. We are seeing various phases of BusConnects being delayed, DART South West and Luas Finglas pushed back to the end of the decade, and just a general deprioritisation of public transport, just when commuters need it the most”.
The number of bus shelters built in FIngal since 2018, according information provided to Deputy Roderic O’Gorman from the National Transport Authority on foot of a parliamentary question:
2018: 0
2019: 0
2020: 0
2021: 0
2022: 4
2023: 1
2024: 1
2025: 2
2026: 0
Total: 8