Vol. 500 No. 7
140 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if a licence will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin to operate a service between Ballsbridge and the Lucan area in view of the fact this service is not available from Dublin Bus. [4857/99]
The Road Transport Act, 1932, as amended, is the legislative basis for the licensing of scheduled bus services in this country. This legislation governs the provision of passenger services, other than those provided by Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath.
In considering an application for a licence under the Act, my Department is required to have regard to whether the proposed service is "required in the public interest having regard to the passenger road services and other forms of passenger transport available to the public on or in the neighbourhood of the proposed service".
My Department recently received a licence application from the bus operator concerned to provide a passenger service from Lucan to Ballsbridge. This application is currently under consideration and a decision will be communicated to the applicant as soon as possible.
