Written answers

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Department of Transport

Rural Transport Services

9:00 pm

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 508: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 9 December 2009 his plans for the rural transport initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1399/10]

Photo of Noel DempseyNoel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The provision for the Rural Transport Programme in 2010 is being maintained at €11 million in recognition of the important role it plays in combating social exclusion in rural Ireland

As I stated in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 9 December 2009, it is important that existing resources in this area are utilised as cost-effectively as possible and a number of initiatives are underway to explore the potential in that regard. The outcome of those initiatives will be assessed later this year to inform the development of rural transport policy into the future.

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