Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 September 2006
1085 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 6 December 2005, the steps he will take to advertise, promote or otherwise introduce a public transport service between Ballybrit industrial estate and Galway City centre, in view of the considerable demand for such a service from workers in the estate. [28733/06]
View answerThe provision of any public bus services on a specific route by a private bus operator is subject to the 1932 Road Transport Act. In the case of the State bus companies, the initiation or alteration of a bus service is subject to compliance with a Ministerial requirement to give advance notice to my Department and to compliance with the provisions of section 25 of the Transport Act 1958 concerning competition with licensed private operators.
It is an operational matter for the private bus operators themselves to apply for a licence or in the case of Bus Éireann to notify my Department of their intention to provide public bus services. Once a licence has issued or a notification has been formally noted it is a matter for the transport provider itself to advertise and promote the service.
Currently, my Department has no applications from private bus operators or notifications from Bus Éireann for bus passenger services between Ballybrit Industrial Estate and Galway City Centre.
