Mary Wallace (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 204: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding funding for park and ride facilities; if lands for the park and ride facilities must be in the ownership of the local authority or if they can equally be in the ownership of community organisations who would be willing to provide the land for park and ride facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46563/09]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Funding for Park and Ride facilities in the Greater Dublin Area is a matter for the National Transport Authority. The NTA has appointed an Oireachtas Liaison Officer to respond to questions raised by Deputies. The Oireachtas Liaison Officer is Matt Benville and he may be contacted at 6041098 or at the National Transport Authority, 59 Dawson Street, Dublin 2.

My Department also makes funding available for bus priority and Park and Ride projects in the regional cities of Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford. It is a matter for the local authorities in these cities to prioritise projects and apply to my Department for funding. My Department is open to considering applications for Park and Ride funding in the regional cities on the basis of the business cases provided and in the light of available funding. There is no requirement for the lands in question to be in local authority ownership.