Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 226: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of new buses purchased by Dublin Bus with funding from his Department in each of the past five years; the present age structure of the Dublin Bus fleet and his estimate of the efficient life of bus. [31163/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The following table gives the total number of buses purchased by Bus Átha Cliath and the current age profile of the fleet.

Bus Átha Cliath has informed me that it considers 12 years to be efficient life of a large public service vehicle on intensive urban operation. It states, however, that greater reliability and customer benefits could be achieved by reducing this to ten years.

A total of €53.954 million was provided directly from the Vote of my Department in the five-year period to 2004 towards the cost of bus purchases. A further €1.2 million will be allocated in 2005.