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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 February 2007

Wednesday, 21 February 2007

Questions (78, 79)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Question:

125 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport if all of the 100 additional buses recently approved for Dublin Bus have come into operation; and the locations where they have been deployed. [6477/07]

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Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Question:

148 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport the reason the Government failed to honour its commitment in relation to the provision of additional buses for Dublin over the period of the previous National Development Plan 2000 to 2006. [6476/07]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 125 and 148 together.

The Government has not failed to honour its commitment in relation to the provision of additional buses in the Dublin area over the period of the last NDP. Over that period, Dublin Bus purchased a total of 730 new buses, 517 replacement and 213 additional. This compares to an NDP forecast of 500 replacement and 275 additional. The capacity of the Dublin Bus fleet, taking into account the 100 additional buses recently purchased is now over 106,000 — an increase of more than 34% on the 2000 capacity. The position regarding the 100 additional buses for which I approved funding of €30 million in September last is that all of the buses have been delivered and are entering into service as commissioning is completed. The deployment of the buses is a matter for Dublin Bus but I understand that buses have been introduced in Tallaght (Route 54A), Cherrywood (Routes 145 and 84X) and Tyrrellstown, north of Blanchardstown (Route 40D). Dublin Bus propose to operate the remainder of the buses across all sectors of the bus network concentrating on new developing areas, existing and new Quality Bus Corridors and on routes that have high levels of demand for buses.

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