Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 209: To ask the Minister for Transport the date of completion and the date of receipt of a final report (details supplied); the final administrative cost of same; the way in which this compares with the initial estimate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30916/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The final payment under the taxi hardship payment scheme was made by Area Development Management Limited on 16 September 2005. The administrative winding up of the scheme is now complete and I expect that a final report will by received by my Department from ADM within the next few days. It is my intention to publish that report in due course. The initial estimate for the cost of administering the scheme was €536,000 but the final cost is expected to be €649,379. The original estimate was based on a projected nine-month implementation period. However, a longer period was necessary to allow all the claims received by ADM to be fully processed, thus incurring additional administrative costs. ADM operates as a not-for-profit organisation. It has to directly recoup all the cost it incurs in administering schemes or projects on behalf of the State.