Áine Brady (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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Question 169: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding available from his Department in 2008 and 2009 to provide bus lanes in the north Kildare area, including the towns of Maynooth and Naas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24878/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department provides funding to local authorities under Transport 21 for bus priority measures in the Greater Dublin Area, including County Kildare, through the Traffic Management Grant (TMG) Scheme. The funding allocation for the TMG Scheme in 2008 is €39.5 million. Projects are approved through the Dublin Transportation Office's TMG Committee and are implemented by the relevant local authorities. The current Quality Bus Network work programme, as approved by that Committee, runs to 2011. I understand that in its later phase (after the period referred to by the Deputy) it includes measures in Naas, though not in Maynooth.