Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 142: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received requests for funding of Nitelink services operated by Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus when the services being run are not commercial; his views on funding such services on the basis of road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34620/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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A total of €80.628m in Exchequer funding has been allocated to Dublin Bus and €36.846m to Bus Éireann in 2008 towards the cost of loss making economically necessary services which they provide as part of a network of bus services. The deployment of this funding across the network of routes and non-commercial services is a matter for the bus companies concerned. The bus companies have not sought specific or additional funding for Nitelink services.