Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 292: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce regulations which would allow motor cyclists to use bus lanes; if he has assessed the evidence that this would lead to greater safety on the roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30732/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The primary purpose of bus lanes is to facilitate and promote bus based public transport and the use of bus lanes is provided for in the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 and 1998.

The Road Safety Authority is researching the potential for use of bus lanes by motorcyclists and one of the measures in the Road Safety Strategy 2007-2012 is to complete a comprehensive safety analysis of that issue in 2008 to inform future policy.