Letters to the Editor

Subject: Trawscymru T1/T2/T3/T10/T11/T12 bus routes letter from Ken Skates to Ben Lake Date: 2018-09-03 10:18 From: L MCTIGHE <john.mct@> To: ben.lake.mp@parliament.uk, Ken.Skates@assembly.wales, Carwyn.Jones@assembly.wales, Elin.Jones@assembly.wales, ellen.apgwynn@ceredigion.gov.uk Copy: Neil.Hamilton@assembly.wales, Lee.Waters@assembly.wales, Nicholas.Ramsay@assembly.wales, Dai.Lloyd@assembly.wales, Rhun.apIorwerth@assembly.wales, Jack.Sargeant@assembly.wales, dla@swguardian.co.uk,...

Dear Editor, Across Wales over 45,000 people are living with dementia and 850,000 are affected UK-wide. Dementia is now the UK’s biggest killer, with someone developing...

From: L MCTIGHE <john.mct@btinternet.com> To: ben.lake.mp@parliament.uk, carwyn.jones@gov.wales, Ken.Skates@assembly.wales, Carwyn.Jones@assembly.wales, Simon.Jones@gov.wales, ellen.apgwynn@ceredigion.gov.uk, casework@ico.org.uk, Elin.Jones@assembly.wales, Alun.Williams2@ceredigion.gov.uk, correspondence.ken.skates@gov.wales Copy: steve.adams@tivysideadvertiser.co.uk, haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk, postnews@mediawales.co.uk, dla@swguardian.co.uk, talat.chaudhri@aberystwyth.gov.uk, editor@westwaleschronicle.co.uk, newsdesk@gwent-wales.co.uk, enquiry@wlga.gov.uk, editorial@passengertransport.co.uk, xray@bbc.co.uk, support@transportxtra.com, editor@northwaleschronicle.co.uk, edit@cambrian-news.co.uk, lee.day@westerntelegraph.co.uk, ruth.chapple@bettertransport.org.uk, info@iwa.org.uk, MHolley@divcom.co.uk, enquiries@radioceredigion.wales, newsdesk@walesonline.co.uk, info@omnibus-society.org, wales@ico.org.uk, welshnews@dailypost.co.uk, george@newstatesman.co.uk, ifan.morgan.jones@nation.cymru Reply-To: john.mct@btinternet.com Dear...

Subject: Ceredigion Council Internal reviews of FOI requests Ref AD/13547 and Ref 790340 replied to as Customer Complaint after more than 50 working days Date: 2018-08-21 17:57 From: L...

Subject: Ken Skates fails to carry out the promised “”High-Level”” review of the Trawscymru route from Aberystwyth to Wrexham (FOI CCC) Date: 2018-08-21 10:24 From: L MCTIGHE <john.mct@btinternet.com> To: Adam.Price@assembly.wales, DavidJ.Rowlands@assembly.wales,...

Subject: Request to Welsh Government for internal review of ATISN 12498 - TrawsCymru T2 service January 2018 changes Date: 2018-08-20 11:21 From: L MCTIGHE <john.mct@btinternet.com> To: Ken.Skates@assembly.wales Copy: kelly.mcfadden@gwent-wales.co.uk, talat.chaudhri@aberystwyth.gov.uk, Neil.Hamilton@assembly.wales, welshnews@dailypost.co.uk, enquiries@tracc.gov.uk,...

Subject: Ceredigion Council contravene the Freedom of Information Act and refuse to support a Wrexham to Aberystwyth bus Date: 2018-08-18 16:58 From: L MCTIGHE <john.mct@> To: complaints@ceredigion.gov.uk, ellen.apgwynn@ceredigion.gov.uk, dafydd.edwards@ceredigion.gov.uk, Alun.Williams2@ceredigion.gov.uk Copy: kelly.mcfadden@gwent-wales.co.uk, ivor.williams@ceredigion.gov.uk,...

Subject: Further FOI request relating to previous responses provided by Ceredigion County Council officials on Trawscymru T2/T1 connectivity in Aberystwyth Date: 2018-08-19 21:45 From: L MCTIGHE <john.mct@ To: Alun.Williams2@ceredigion.gov.uk, ray.quant@ceredigion.gov.uk, ellen.apgwynn@ceredigion.gov.uk Copy: kelly.mcfadden@gwent-wales.co.uk,...

Subject: Ceredigion Council fail to manage the Trawscymru T!C (Aberystwyth to Cardiff) contract Date: 2018-08-19 12:54 From: L MCTIGHE <john.mct@btinternet.com> To: edit@cambrian-news.co.uk, Alun.Williams2@ceredigion.gov.uk, Ken.Skates@assembly.wales, ellen.apgwynn@ceredigion.gov.uk, cynghorydd.dyfrigsiencyn@gwynedd.llyw.cymru Copy: lee.day@westerntelegraph.co.uk, Angela.Burns@assembly.wales, Eluned.Morgan@assembly.wales, Carwyn.Jones@assembly.wales, editor@northwaleschronicle.co.uk, Joyce.Watson@assembly.wales,...

Subject: request to elin Jones/Ben Lake regarding KS/01983/18/response from the Minister Ken Skates reference KS/01983/18 Date: 2018-08-13 11:20 From: L MCTIGHE <john.mct@btinternet.com> To: elin.jones@assembly.wales, ben.lake.mp@parliament.uk Reply-To: john.mct@btinternet.com   Copies   Aberystwyth Town Council,    Ceredigion Council ,...

Subect: The Welsh Transport Appraisal Guidance (WelTAG) is ignored by Ken Skates to provide Trawscymru services through South Clwyd Date:  2018-07-31 10:24 From:  L MCTIGHE <john.mct@> To:      Jayne.Bryant@,...

Dear Editor,   Dementia is the 21st century's biggest killer and in Wales there are 45,000 people with the condition.   Last week Alzheimer’s Society revealed that a staggering two and...

Reply-To: john.mct@   Dear Gwawr Owen ,   The request below was made on 21/06/2018 and a reply should therefore have been made within 20 working days ie...

Reply-To: john.mct@ Dear Stephen Pillinar, The request I made on 25/06/2018 for a change to T1 departure time in Aberystwyth contained 11 requests foe information which...

Reply-To: john.mct@ Dear Gwawr Owen,   A reply to the internal review was promised within 20 working days. It is now 24 working days since the request was...

Reply-To: john.mct@ Dear Barclay Davies, It is now 22 working days since I made the request for information to you. If I do not receive a...

Below is an exact copy of a letter of thanks sent to MTAR by a gentlemen called Lyn Thomas who attends the Equine therapy service provided...

Reply-To: john.mct@btinternet.com   Thanks for the info . Do you mean he was CC Cabinet Member for Transport until May 2018 as I have been contacting...

Reply-To: john.mct@btinternet.com       DEAR ELIN JONES,   TWO WEEKS AGO I ASKED FOR A COPY OF YOUR LETTER.  COULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH A COPY OF THE...

Subject: Re: Internal Review: Lack of Connectivity in Aberystwyth T2 from Dolgellau to T1C for Cardiff for passengers North of Aberystwyth (790340) Date: 2018-07-15 10:56 From: L...

Reply-To: john.mct@   Copies Welsh Assembly Members, Ceredigion Council Members, Powys Council members, Gwynedd Council members, Carmarthenshire Council members, Aberystwyth Town Council members   Dear David Hall, Thank you...

Reply-To: john.mct@btinternet.com   Could you please reply to my letter of 20/05/2018 regarding Ceredigion Council employees and their refusal to support improved Trawscymru bus services in West...

Reply-To: john.mct@btinternet.com   Copies Welsh Assembly Members Dear Ken Skates, I wrote to you on 02/06/2018 titled "" The Welsh Government Review of the Trawscymru Bus Network and T3...

Reply-To: john.mct@   Request to Carmarthenshire Council for a Trawscymru T1 departure time change in aberystwyth Dear Stephen Pillinar, In 2016 the Welsh Government and Ceredigion County Council refused...

Reply-To: john.mct@   Dear Madam, On 15th May you published a letter ""AM must campaign for better connectivity"" in which I suggested Elin Jones could direct her efforts...

Reply-To: john.mct@btinternet.com   Dear Ben Lake/Ellin Jones, I have just been made aware of the following new Trawscymru routes that have been put out for tender . Trawscymru Service...

Reply-To: john.mct@   copies Welsh Mps, Welsh Assembly Members, Gwynedd Council, Powys Council, Ceredigion Council,Carmarthenshire Council,Pembrokeshire Council,Aberystwyth Council Shambolic Neglect of the Trawscymru Network by the Welsh Government Posting...

Reply-To: john.mct@ copies Traffic Commissioner , Welsh Assembly Members, Gwynedd Council members, Powys Council members, Ceredigion Council members, Carmarthenshire Council members, Aberystwyth Council members. Dear Gwawr Owen , With...

Reply-To: john.mct@   Monitoring of Trawscymru bus service punctuality and reliability by Bus Compliance Officers Dear Barclay Davies, I enjoyed my first and recent experience of using the T3...

Reply-To: john.mct@   Dear Sir, I appreciate this may not be high on the agenda of Lloyds Coaches and that Gwynedd Council are highly likely to be playing...

Reply-To: john.mct@ copies Gwynedd Council, Powys Council Request for Internal Review of Freedom of Information (Ref T121) DEAR Gwawr Owen , Thank you for your reply of 16/05/2018...

Reply-To: john.mct@ ICO Ref. FS50705920   Referral of Bus Users Cymru /Welsh Government regarding refusal to supply Trawscymru Performance monitoring data for services in Aberystwyth (ATISN...

Dear Swansea Bach Choir Supporter, We would very much like to keep you informed of Swansea Bach Choir Concerts and other events in future....

11June Dear Editor, Did you know that over a third (35%) of people in Wales are most scared of spiders? This July, the British Heart Foundation...

Reply-To: john.mct@ copies Welsh Assembly members Dear Dr Andrew Potter, The lecture (“ALL ABOARD” EMERGING BUS POLICY IN WALES) is to be given to the Chartered Institute...

Reply-To: john.mct@btinternet.com   Copies Welsh MPs,Welsh Assembly Members, Ceredigion Council Members, Powys Council members, Gwynedd Council members, Carmarthenshire Council members, Aberystwyth Town Council members   Dear Editor,   Could you please...

Reply-To: john.mct@   Copies Welsh MPs,Welsh Assembly Members, Ceredigion Council Members, Powys Council members, Gwynedd Council members, Carmarthenshire Council members, Aberystwyth Town Council members   Dear Professor Stuart...

Reply-To: john.mct@ Copies Welsh MPs,Welsh Assembly Members, Ceredigion Council Members, Powys Council members, Gwynedd Council members, Carmarthenshire Council members, Aberystwyth Town Council members Dear Ellen Ap...

Reply-To: john.mct@ Copies Welsh MPs,Welsh Assembly Members, Ceredigion Council Members, Powys Council members, Gwynedd Council members, Carmarthenshire Council members, Aberystwyth Town Council members Dear Ellen Ap...

Dear Dr McTighe,   Thank you for your email regarding the Trawscymru long distance bus services in Ceredigion. As this service is part of a strategic...

      Dear Editor I want to thank everyone in Wales who united with us during Dementia Action Week (21 – 27 May) to help the 45,000 people with...

Letter for publication   23 May 2018   Re: Dementia Action Week, 21-27 May 2018.   Being there for people with dementia   It is estimated that 225,000 people will develop dementia...

Reply-To:  john.mct@ Dear Sir/Madam, Plaid Cymru are happy that the Welsh Labour Government neglect Trawscymru services on the strategic 133 mile long T2/T1 Bangor to Carmarthen...

Copies Welsh MPs,Welsh Assembly Members, Ceredigion Council Members, Powys Council members, Gwynedd Council members, Carmarthenshire Council members, Aberystwyth Town Council members   Dear Ellen Ap Gwynn,   I...

Reply-To: john.mct@ Dear Alun Williams,   I wish to request an internal review of the 2 separate replies supplied by Caroline Wride, Ceredigion Council Senior Business Support...

Reply-To: john.mct@btinternet.com       Dear Alun Williams,   On 24/04/2018 the First Minister of Wales made a statement to the Welsh Assembly saying _“”regarding the question of whether we’re...

Reply-To: john.mct@   Dear Sir/Madam,   This issue affects all residents in Mid and West Wales.  The blatant disregard by the Welsh Labour Government of opportunities for passengers...

Reply-To: john.mct@   Dear Elin Jones,   You have not responded to my communication of 22/03/2018.   I would be grateful to know whether you and the Plaid Cymru party...

DEAR SIR,   THE TRAWSCYMRU T1C COACH RECENTLY INTRODUCED IN APRIL TO RUN BETWEEN ABERYSTWYTH AND CARDIFF DEPARTS FROM ABERYSTWYTH AT 9.30AM.  THE T1C ARRIVES IN...

Reply-To: john.mct@   Dear Carol Davies, . Please note the request for information made on 05/05/2018 titled ""FOIA Ceredigion Council on Lack of Connectivity for passengers North of...