Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to monitor the main factors affecting transport costs in both the public and the private sector; the way this compares with similar factors in other EU member states; if transport provided in this jurisdiction is deemed to operate currently at a competitive disadvantage; the degree, if any, to which this may be determined in the context of the profitability of the sector in this country; if he has examined any possibilities which he might consider to be beneficial to the sector and as a consequence to consumers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52670/12]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has studied transport costs in other EU countries within and without the Eurozone with a view to achieving parity for the transport sector here with other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53077/12]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 119 and 754 together.

I refer the Deputy to the answer to Dáil Questions Nos. 14, 248, 250 and 251 on 18 October 2012. The position remains unchanged.