Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 455: To ask the Minister for Transport if a rural transport initiative has been established in all counties; and the counties where this is operating and the latest passenger numbers served by the initiative in each county. [27873/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Rural Transport Initiative (RTI) is a pilot scheme, under which funding is made available to thirty-four community-based organisations across the country to address the transport needs of their rural areas through the provision of local transport services. This scheme is now operational in all counties except Louth, from which there was no application.

Pobal administers the initiative on behalf of the Department of Transport and together with the individual project groups is solely responsible for all the operational aspects of the initiative.

I have asked Pobal to forward to the Deputy the information requested concerning passenger numbers carried in each county.