Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Luas Cross City Line and Future of Public Transport in Dublin: National Transport Authority

10:20 am

Mr. Gerry Murphy:

Yes, the Chairman is quite right. Subsidies are given in Dublin. The subsidy to Dublin Bus is about €60 million while the subsidy to Bus Éireann and Irish Rail is about €150 million. There is a preponderance for greater subsidy outside Dublin. However, the Deputy is quite correct in that subsidies are found everywhere.