Written answers
Wednesday, 8 November 2006
Department of Transport
Public Transport
9:00 pm
Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 235: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount the State has funded Dublin Bus per year since 1997 to date in 2006. [36766/06]
Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 236: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of extra buses provided for Dublin Bus per year since 1997 to date in 2006. [36767/06]
Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 237: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of extra buses provided for Bus Éireann per year since 1997 to date in 2006. [36768/06]
Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 238: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of additional buses promised to Dublin Bus under the current national development plan; and if the Government will deliver on this. [36834/06]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 235 to 238, inclusive, together.
The annual Exchequer subvention paid to Dublin Bus in respect of public service obligations each year since 1997 is as shown in the table.
| Year | Subvention paid to Dublin Bus |
| €000 | |
| 1997 | 8,888 |
| 1998 | 11,294 |
| 1999 | 16,818 |
| 2000 | 41,189 |
| 2001 | 54,316 |
| 2002 | 56,063 |
| 2003 | 53,867 |
| 2004 | 61,810 |
| 2005 | 64,900 |
| 2006 | 69,845 |
In addition, the company has been supported over the period by the Exchequer through the provision of almost €123m in capital funds for the purchase of new buses.
The number of additional and replacement buses brought into service by Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus since 1997 are set out in the table.
| Year | Bus Éireann | Dublin Bus | ||
| Replacement | Additional | Replacement | Additional | |
| 1997 | 70 | — | 72 | — |
| 1998 | 30 | — | 78 | — |
| 1999 | 103 | — | 142 | 73 |
| 2000 | 89 | 59 | 132 | 93 |
| 2001 | 94 | 3 | 56 | — |
| 2002 | 10 | — | 53 | — |
| 2003 | 68 | — | 90 | — |
| 2004 | 65 | 3 | 36 | — |
| 2005 | 30 | — | 50 | 20 |
| 2006 | — | — | 100 | * |
| *Of the 100 additional buses ordered by Dublin Bus, 30 have now been delivered and are due to come into service in December. The remainder of the buses will be in service in 2007. |
The capacity of the fleet of Dublin Bus has been further increased by the purchase of larger capacity buses in recent years.
The National Development Plan (NDP) provided for the purchase of 275 additional buses and 500 replacement buses for the Dublin Region over the period 2000-2006. As set out in the table above, Dublin Bus, as the main provider of bus services in the Dublin Region, has introduced a total of 113 additional buses, and 100 additional buses are being purchased this year. 517 replacement buses have been purchased over the period since 2000.
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