Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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1150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct Bus Éireann to publish details of routes below operating costs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10482/16]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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​The Deputy is enquiring about routes that are part of the Expressway service which are operated by Bus Éireann on a commercial basis and which, therefore, do not receive Exchequer subvention. It would clearly not be appropriate for me to direct Bus Éireann to disclose commercially sensitive information in respect of these commercial routes.

Of course Bus Éireann does publish its annual accounts each year in respect of its overall performance and these are publicly available on the Company's website.

The Deputy may wish to be aware that, in the context of the PSO subvention to Bus Éireann and to help guard against the potential for cross-subsidisation of commercial services by Exchequer supports, the National Transport Authority conducts an annual audit of the assignment of costs between Bus Éireann's PSO services and its commercial activities.