Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 123: 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. [9994/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The provision of public bus services on specific routes to serve particular areas is an operational matter for the State bus companies or the private bus operators themselves. Private bus operators are required to obtain licences under the Road Transport Act 1932 to operate scheduled bus passenger services.

Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann are not subject to the 1932 Act. However they must notify my Department about the initiation or alteration of a bus service and they must obtain my specific consent under section 25 of the Transport Act 1958 where a proposed new service or an alteration to an existing service would give rise to competition with a service licensed under the 1932 Act.