Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

I do not know whether people understand this but, at pain of repeating myself, what seems to be the basis of Deputy Shortall's view and that of others is that Dublin Bus should have got new smaller buses. What Dublin Bus did was to buy buses with a completely different configuration which allowed it to increase capacity carrying in Dublin by over 25%. The replacement buses for which we provided funds are substantially different from many of the buses previously operating in Dublin.

Dublin Bus, because of the advent of Luas and other facilities, is doing an assessment in Dublin of how to maximise the existing routes. It is Dublin Bus that is doing the full evaluation, not me.

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