Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

Question 86: To ask the Minister for Transport the 2010 public service obligation allocation for Bus Éireann; the position regarding the recommendations by a company (details supplied) on Bus Éireann; if he has been briefed by Bus Éireann management on plans to axe and reduce service frequency on as many as 100 key Bus Éireann routes and to cut 250 jobs at the company; his views on the impact of these cuts on rural communities and vulnerable persons who rely on local public transport services; if the programme of cutbacks to Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann fleets and services signals the end of the key objective under Transport 21 to increase bus transport capacity by 60%; the way transport capital spending will transfer to enhancing public transport from early 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6407/10]

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