Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 243: To ask the Minister for Transport the agencies or bodies his Department provides funding to or is administratively responsible for, and those agencies and bodies that his Department is responsible for in respect of Government policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter [39419/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The agencies or bodies for which my Department is responsible are listed in the Department's annual report and on my Department's website, www.transport.ie. While my Department oversees the role of these agencies and bodies and has responsibility for the funding, policy and legislative framework in which they operate, day-to-day operational matters are the direct responsibility of the agencies concerned.

In addition, my Department provides funding to a variety of other bodies to assist in implementing transport proposals listed in the programme for Government. For example, my Department provides funding to the city councils in Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford with regard to traffic management projects and also provides funding to Pobal, which administers the rural transport initiative, RTI, on my behalf.

Funding is also provided to the regional airports in respect of infrastructural and operational improvements and to the Irish Road Haulage Association to help address the problems facing their industry. Again, while my Department is responsible for the implementation of the policies related to the provision of those funds, general day-to-day operational matters of the recipients of the funding are the direct responsibility of those bodies.