Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 139: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the parishes of Mountbellew, Moylough and the Brierfield area of County Galway are not serviced under the rural transport initiative; if his attention has been drawn to the several elderly people who have no way of being transported to their local towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37658/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Rural Transport Programme, the main drivers of community rural transport are the local communities themselves. They are responsible for deciding on the specific transport services to be provided and on the methods of provision. Neither I nor my Department have a role in the matter. Pobal, which administers the Rural Transport Programme (RTP) on behalf of my Department, has commenced a process to extend the Programme on a phased basis and as part of that process, a new rural community transport group — Galway Rural Development Co. Ltd. — is being established in East Galway. This group can be contacted through Pobal.