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West-By-Bus: A New Group to campaign for bus transport in the West

serfboard · 2009-09-02 13:03:07

I have been following with great interest the Western Rail Corridor thread on this forum for quite a while and my views are fairly clear on this issue - I'm against it. I'm wondering if there are people who live in the West Of Ireland who would be in favour of setting up a new group - it could be called West-By-Bus or…

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#62 18-09-2009 11:10AM

Neworder79

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Recent response to a question on the issue by the Minister Noel Dempsy points back to Bus Eireann again...

Q - Ulick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael):
The bus service provided by Bus Éireann in the west is particularly bad. In 2005 Bus Éireann agreed to commence providing a range of services between Knock Airport and the surrounding towns. The Minister and his Department were lobbied in respect of this matter. In March 2007 - oddly enough, prior to the general election - the department decided to sanction the provision of such services. To date, however, a service to the airport has not been provided. Will the Minister indicate the position with regard to this matter?

A - Noel Dempsey (Minister, Department of Transport; Meath West, Fianna Fail)
The matter to which the Deputy refers is extremely specific in nature. If he tables a parliamentary question in respect of it, I will endeavour to obtain the information he requires. If it took two years to process the application - I have no reason to doubt the veracity of the Deputy’s claims in that regard - then information must have been outstanding and this prevented the making of a decision. The fact that, two years after the licence was granted, bus services are not being provided, indicates to me that the fault may not lie with the Department.

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