Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport the number and location of rural transport initiatives assisted by his Department; his plans for further expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41218/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Pobal administers the Rural Transport Programme (RTP) on behalf of my Department and is working with 37 individual rural transport groups around the country to expand it on a phased basis in response to local public transport service needs and having regard to the availability of resources. A list of RTP groups is available on the Pobal website at www.pobal.ie.

The RTP is being expanded with a goal of achieving nation-wide coverage in due course in line with Government policy. It is planned that by end-2008, RTP groups will be operational in every county and will be working towards maximising coverage in their operational areas.