Vol. 507 No. 2
60 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if she will recommend to all public service transport providers working under the aegis of her Department, particularly the semi-State bodies, that the purchase of transport vehicles should be conditional on they being environmentally friendly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16273/99]
I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 35 of 18 February 1999.
My Department has allocated a sum of £20,000 to part fund a trial involving the use by Dublin Bus of a vehicle fuelled by Liquid Petroleum Gas, LPG. Dublin Bus is at present in negotiation with a bus manufacturer about the leasing of a suitable bus. In addition, Dublin Bus, in a joint-venture with Bord Gáis Éireann, is operating, on a trial basis, a single-decker bus using Compressed Natural Gas, CNG.
