Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 825: To ask the Minister for Transport the money received in each of the past five years for new bus licences and for bus licence renewals; and the number of licences this represents in both cases for each of the years. [25935/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The legal basis for the fees charged by the bus licensing division of my Department for passenger licences, issued under the Road Transport Act 1932, is Regulations 1955, SI 68/1955, which amends the Road Transport Regulations 1932 No. 26 of1932.

The current level of fees is as follows:

The breakdown of receipts for new and renewed licences is not available. However, the total amount of receipts for passenger licences each year from 2003 to date is as follows:

These amounts relate to all receipts taken including new and renewed passenger licences, international authorisations and receipts for journey forms.

The 2004 receipts were higher than anticipated due to the standardising of the renewal date for all annual continuous licences now to expire on 31 October and due to the fees for new and renewed international and cross-border authorisations which increased in 2004.

At any time there is a current approximate figure of 500-600 passenger licences held by private bus operators for the provision of a range of public bus services. This figure includes both new licences and renewed licences. The total number of new passenger licences, both continuous and occasional, issued over the past five years is broken down in the following tabular statement: