Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 649: To ask the Minister for Transport the contact he has had with CIE since Jan 2008, the dates of meetings held and topics discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38290/09]

Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 651: To ask the Minister for Transport the contact he has had with Dublin Bus since January 2008; the dates of meetings held and topics discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38292/09]

Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 652: To ask the Minister for Transport the contact he has had with Irish Rail since January 2008; the dates of meetings held and topics discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38293/09]

Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 653: To ask the Minister for Transport the contact he has had with Bus Éireann since January 2008; the dates of meetings held and topics discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38294/09]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 649 and 651 to 653, inclusive, together.

Following are the dates of formal meetings I have had with the Chairman and senior management of the CIÉ companies since January 2008:

The matters discussed at the meetings related, inter alia, to the financial position of CIÉ and its subsidiary companies, their costs recovery plans, implementation of the Deloitte Report on Cost and Efficiency Review of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann and the implementation of Transport 21.

There is also ongoing contact between my officials and the CIE and its operating companies on which I am briefed regularly.