Patrick Nulty (Dublin West, Independent)
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654. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria that were used in deciding the 20 Dublin Bus routes to be put out to tender in 2016. [53905/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The award of Public Service Obligation (PSO) contracts for the bus market falls under the independent statutory remit of the National Transport Authority (NTA), which has direct responsibility for this area. The decision by the NTA on open market tendering of certain bus routes was recently published and is available on the NTA website.

I have referred the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.