Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 547: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money that has been allocated to support public bus services in 2008 by programme; the amount of money that has been allocated to support private bus services in 2008; the percentage of the funding which was allocated to support public bus services in 2008 that has been redirected to support the private sector in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1295/09]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The Exchequer Subvention allocated to the CIÉ bus companies in 2008 under Programme C1 — Public Service Provision was as follows: Dublin Bus, €80.6m; Bus Éireann, €36.8m. The allocation to CIÉ for funding of capital projects Programme C2 — Public Transport Investment Programme — was as follows-: Dublin Bus €22.062m; Bus Éireann €43.606m. A further €13,000 was allocated to Coach Tourism and Transport Council under the Disability Awareness Training. Pobal administers the Rural Transport Programme (RTP) on behalf of my Department and makes specific funding allocations to individual RTP rural community transport groups, both private and public, from funding provided by my Department — €11 million in 2008 — also under Programme C1.