Joan Burton
Question:249 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 2 July 2008, if he will provide the details of the examination of the application by Dublin Bus for modifying the 37 bus route; the details of the consultations with Dublin Bus on this matter; the rationale, including overlap of routes, stops and so on, for deeming that the Dublin Bus proposal would give rise to competition with an existing licensed service; if he had deemed this potential competition to be significant and likely to impact negatively on the existing licensed service; if he will review this decision and continue consultations with Dublin Bus in order to seek a satisfactory solution, without necessitating an application under section 25 of the Transport Act 1958, similar to that achieved on the matter of the use of the Dublin Port Tunnel by the 41X service; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that blocking the modified 37 route could have a potentially significant negative impact on the planned improvements to the bus service throughout Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28374/08]
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