andMr. Deasy asked the Minister for Tourism and Transport if the statement that licensed private bus operators generally charge lower fares than CIE in paragraph 4.1 of the 1972 Occasional Paper of the National Prices Commission is still true in 1979.
Written Answers. - Private Bus Operators' Charges.
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While I have not full up-to-date particulars in relation to the fares charged by private operators of licensed scheduled road passenger services, the information available to me suggests that these fares are in most, but not all, cases lower than CIE's fares mainly because of lower administrative and staff costs.