Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 288: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will allow mourning coach hearse cars to drive in bus lanes when conveying bereaved family members to and from the church and to the graveyard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22596/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The use of bus lanes is provided for in the Road Traffic (Traffic & Parking) Regulations 1997 and 1998. The primary purpose of bus lanes is to facilitate and promote bus based public transport. I do not propose to permit vehicles of funeral cortèges to use bus lanes.