Written answers
Tuesday, 19 April 2005
Department of Transport
Public Transport
9:00 pm
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 354: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he is taking to address the continuing problem whereby wheelchair-accessible, low-floor buses are not yet available on many Dublin Bus routes; the funding which is being provided in 2005 to provide more such buses; the number of wheelchair-accessible buses in the Dublin Bus fleet for each year from 2000 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12127/05]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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All buses purchased by Dublin Bus since 2000 have been low-floor, wheelchair-accessible. That policy of purchasing fully accessible buses will be continued by the company through its fleet replacement programme.
Low-floor buses are now operating on 50 of the routes served by Dublin Bus, and that number will increase gradually as the older-style buses are taken out of service and replaced.
The number of new low-floor buses acquired by Dublin Bus since 2000 is as follows.
| Year | No. of buses purchased |
| 2000 | 225 |
| 2001 | 56 |
| 2002 | 53 |
| 2003 | 90 |
| 2004 | 36 |
A total of 485 buses are now low-floor, and I understand that the company proposes to purchase a further 70 in 2005.
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