Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 1276: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has approved the Dublin Bus proposal for a new service between Adamstown and the city centre, in view of the fact that the resolution of this matter is preventing the finalisation of the allocation of the additional 100 buses to other areas. [2999/07]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I can confirm that my Department received a notification from Dublin Bus on 31st October, 2006, for a service on the route referred to by the Deputy. Dublin Bus was informed at that time that the Department on 26th October, 2006 had issued an amended licence to a private bus operator for a substantial increase in services along part of the route in question. Where a notification is received and it is deemed that the initiation or alteration of a bus service would compete with an existing licensed service, the Department advises Dublin Bus in line with the Road Transport Act, 1958, that a Section 25 application is required. My Department is currently in discussion with Dublin Bus on the matter. The deployment of buses by Dublin Bus is an operational matter for the Company itself and my Department has no function in this matter.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 1277: To ask the Minister for Transport if Dublin Bus has received the final 20 additional buses as announced on 28 September 2006. [3000/07]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I assume the Deputy is referring to the 100 additional buses for which I approved funding in September last. The current position regarding the buses is that Dublin Bus has taken delivery of all 100 buses and is in the process of bringing the buses into service throughout Dublin.