Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

My Department approved total funding of €73 million — in September 2006 and April 2007 — towards the purchase of 235 new buses by Bus Éireann. I understand that Bus Éireann is in the process of taking delivery of the new buses on a phased basis. The deployment of buses, including the new vehicles, is a matter for Bus Éireann and I have no function in the matter.

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