Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 187: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding from his Department to Dublin Bus per year for the past ten years; the number of buses that were provided under this funding per year for the past ten years; the number of buses that were promised under the current and previous national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47457/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Since 1997 Dublin Bus has purchased 1,295 new buses. 718 of these buses were funded, partially and/or fully, by the Exchequer. Details of this funding are set out in the following table:

The 2000-2006 NDP, through the economic and Social Infrastructure Operational Programme, envisaged a 28% increase in the capacity of the Dublin Bus Fleet. The capacity (seated and standing) of the fleet has increased by over 30% over the period 2000-2008. The current NDP provides, through Transport 21, for a significant expansion in bus services in the Greater Dublin Area. Over the period 2006-2008 grants totalling €62 m have been paid to Dublin Bus towards the cost of 100 additional and 200 replacement buses. The position regarding the funding of further additional buses will be reviewed in light of the outcome of the cost and efficiency review currently being finalised.