Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 99: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated cost and average weekly cost of Operation Freeflow for 2005; and the actual cost for all previous years. [35908/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Operation Freeflow has been conducted for ten years now and involves contributions by a variety of organisations. These include the Garda Síochána, the Dublin Transportation Office, the four Dublin local authorities, Dublin Bus, Iarnród Éireann, and, in more recent years, the Railway Procurement Agency, RPA, as well as private organisations.

Costs for the operation of these agencies are not readily separated from other operational expenditure. I have met with some of the agencies and indicated we should identify ongoing costs associated and ensure adequate budgets are in place.

This year, my Department will make limited grant assistance available. We have not yet received all grant applications, and it is therefore not possible to give a final figure at this stage. I will advise the Deputy of the final cost to the Department when all grant applications have been processed.