Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering changes to the National Transport Authority's route licensing powers. [47137/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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As previously explained to the Deputy in my reply to PQ Ref No 43816/18 on 23 October 2018, the licensing of public bus passenger services is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA) under the provisions of the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009. The NTA has completed a formal review of Part 2 of the 2009 Act which is under consideration by my Department.

Following that review I have published a proposal as part of the General Scheme of the Railway Safety Amendment Bill which brings certain commercial school bus services back within the scope of the regulatory framework applied by the NTA for private operators. No decisions have yet been taken regarding any further changes to the NTA's route licensing powers.