Commuters across the country are facing travel chaos again this morning.

Workers at Bus Éireann are holding their seventh day of strike action. The dispute with management centres on the implementation of cost-cutting measures at the company without union approval.

Workers from across the sector held a protest yesterday to coincide with the Minister for Transport’s appearance at the Oireachtas Committee.

Dermot O’Leary from the NBRU said Minister Shane Ross has a responsibility to ensure the public transport system is running on a daily basis.

“At this stage people are getting very, very frustrated. One would hope that the Oireachtas Committee would put a focal point in relation to Shane Ross and his requirement to create an environment where people can engage.

“The unions have been saying from from the start that we are willing to engage with an efficiency-based agenda.”