James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 259: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if he will examine the possibility of providing a bus service for the people of north Dublin to Beaumont Hospital as currently access is difficult for those who have to depend on public transport. [18511/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Private bus operators seeking to operate public bus services on a specific route are entitled to do so in accordance with the provision of the Road Transport Act, 1932. In the case of Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann, the initiation or alteration of an existing bus service is subject to compliance with the necessary regulatory requirement of giving advance notice to my Department and to compliance with the provisions of section 25 of the Transport Act 1958 concerning competition with licensed private operators. My Department has not received any applications from private bus operators or notifications from Dublin Bus for a bus service as referred to by the Deputy.