Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Question 334: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin Bus have been forced to reduce their services as a result of a lack of adequate funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38479/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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While the allocation of Exchequer subvention to the CIÉ operating companies is a matter for the National Transport Authority I understand that Dublin Bus have been allocated €75.790 million in 2010 towards the cost of public service obligation services. The decision by Dublin Bus as part of its cost recovery plan, to re-organise its network to reflect changes in demand, based on 120 fewer buses is consistent with the conclusions in the Deloitte Report. The Deloitte report concluded that the Dublin Bus fleet is adequate to meet current demand, and that fleet expansion was not an immediate issue. Instead the Deloitte report concluded that the focus should be on optimising the existing network and extracting full value from the existing sized fleet.

The objective of the redesign of the Dublin Bus network is to provide current and future bus customers with a service that will be modern, accessible, integrated, easy to understand, punctual and frequent. The redesigned network will be supported by complementary measures such as Integrated Ticketing and Real Time Passenger Information. These measures reflect the commitment of the company to deliver better services at better value to the customer and taxpayer.