State to overhaul bus service contracts

PERFORMANCE based contracts for all bus operators who avail of state funding are to be introduced for the first time.

Yesterday, the Government travelled further down the road towards what it termed a level playing field for all bus operators, both public and private, in the provision of bus services.

Under the old system neither Bus Éireann nor Dublin Bus services were subject to any legally binding performance based and transparent contracts in exchange for the granting of state funds.