Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 899: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding available in 2006 for park and ride facilities in County Kildare; and the details of proposals he has received. [2427/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Under Transport 21, €5 million in capital funding has been allocated in 2006 for the development of park and ride facilities in the greater Dublin area. Allocation of funding to specific projects is dependent on the submission of proposals supported by a capital appraisal, which will be assessed on their merits. There is no predetermined county by county breakdown of this allocation. I am awaiting project proposals.

Park and ride facilities have a crucial role to play in attracting more people out of private cars and onto public transport. For this reason, my Department last year approved the Dublin Transportation Office's strategy for rail-based park and ride facilities in the greater Dubllin area, and provision of park and ride facilities is an integral part of Transport 21.