COMHAIRLE CHONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 13, 2006

QUESTION 19

QUESTION: Cllr. Derek Keating

To ask the Manager to report on the Council's plans to intensify our efforts to ensure that more buses are provided in the County particularly given the increased traffic log-jam on our roads and given the increased number of bus lanes provided without additional buses for these bus lanes?

REPLY:

Discussions between the Council Executive, the Public Transport agencies, the DTO and the Department of Transport are ongoing with a view to securing adequate service levels on bus routes in the South Dublin County Council area, particularly in respect of new or recently completed QBC schemes. In this regard, Transport 21 provides for an initial allocation of 20 additional buses to the Dublin Bus fleet, to be made available as new bus deliveries take place from December to February, and Dublin Bus has indicated its intention of allocating nine of these buses to the South Clondalkin QBC, probably in February. 

In addition, Dublin Bus is presently in the final stages of a major route and service level review of its entire operation in the Greater Dublin Area and has indicated that it will be making a submission to the Department of Transport shortly for further additional buses for delivery in 2006. Its intention is that some of these buses will be allocated to the Orbital QBC and for further development of South Clondalkin QBC.