Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 446: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that the public bus transport sector is adequately funded to meet full service on all routes. [29492/09]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Over the period 2000–2008 a total of €800m has been paid to Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann in compensation for the public services obligation services, which they provide. In 2009, this will amount to €127m – an increase of over 120% since 2000. Over the same period a total of over €300m in capital investment has been made available to the two bus companies towards the cost of new buses and better facilities. This represents a very substantial commitment by the Government to bus-based public transport services.