Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding which was allocated to a rural transport scheme (details supplied) in County Westmeath in each of the past five years; the corresponding number of transport routes operated in this time; the average number of passengers facilitated by these routes; and the safety and standard guidelines set out by his Department in the operation of these transport routes. [24249/06]

Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Rural Transport Initiative (RTI) is a pilot scheme, under which funding is made available to 34 community-based organisations across the country, including South Westmeath Rural Transport Association Ltd., to address the transport needs of their rural areas through the provision of local transport services. Pobal administers the RTI on behalf of the Department of Transport and, together with the individual RTI groups, are responsible for all the operational aspects of the initiative, including the services to be provided. However, I have asked Pobal to forward the information requested to the Deputy.