Frank Feighan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 48: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the measures that need to be taken to increase the number of buses available to service dedicated bus lanes. [18128/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The Government is committed to the expansion of bus services throughout the country. Transport 21 provides over €530m for bus investment in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) in the next 10 years. In addition, over €240m is included for investment in bus services outside the GDA. Dublin Bus is the largest operator of buses in the Greater Dublin Area and has been expanding its fleet in recent years and expanding services on bus lanes. More recently Dublin Bus has taken delivery of 100 additional buses in 2006 for which Exchequer funding of €30m was approved. 42 of the buses will be in service by the end of June and the remainder by September. The Allocation of these buses to particular routes is a matter for Dublin Bus.