Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)
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287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is aware of any commercial bus companies who have converted their fleet from diesel engines to electric engines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30498/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and is responsible for the licensing of public bus passenger services under the provisions of the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009.

While most public transport in Ireland comprises the bus and rail services funded through the NTA’s public service obligation (PSO) programme, there is part of the national public transport system that comprises non-subvented bus services, which are run on a commercial basis by bus and coach businesses of varying sizes throughout the country. As such, queries for commercial bus operators are a matter for the company and I would therefore recommend the Deputy contact the companies directly.

As the NTA is the licencing authority for the commercial bus sector I have forwarded the Deputy's query to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.