Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is intended to enhance bus services to include new urban developments not currently in receipt of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24662/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Dáil Questions Nos. 309 and 310 which I answered on Tuesday last and Question Nos. 37 and 51 which I answered earlier today regarding additional buses for Dublin Bus. These buses, together with the new buses to be purchased by Bus Éireann, and the provision of services by private operators, will facilitate the expansion and extension of services to serve new developments. Detailed deployment of additional buses by Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann, including the areas and routes to be served and the frequency of service is a matter for the companies having regard to the level of demand and resources available to them. In addition, private bus operators may be licensed on new routes in accordance with the provisions of the Road Transport Act, 1932.