Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 1091: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of funding Bus Éireann received from the Department of Finance to operate the school bus service for 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24485/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The funding allocated by my Department to Bus Éireann in the years 2001 to 2004, and in the year 2005 to date in respect of the school transport scheme is outlined as follows. The details provided refer to the value of payments made in each calendar year, although some payments would relate to services provided in the previous year.

2001 €71.3 million

2002 €87.3 million

2003 €92.6 million

2004 €94.6 million

2005 (to date) €69.9 million

Additional funding is being provided to increase capacity on school transport services to provide one-for-one seating and seat belt equipped buses. The additional costs are as follows: