Written answers

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Department of Transport

Rural Transport Services

9:00 pm

Photo of Tom HayesTom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 210: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent on rural transport in south Tipperary every year since 2004 to date in 2010; the number of routes that are funded by his Department; the number of passengers that avail of this service in south Tipperary annually; and if an expansion of routes is planned for 2010. [2441/10]

Photo of Noel DempseyNoel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Pobal administers the Rural Transport Programme (RTP) on behalf of my Department. The provision of services under the Programme is a matter for Pobal and the individual RTP groups who know where the transport needs are in their areas and how best to address them. Rural transport services in the South Tipperary area are provided by Carlow, Kilkenny & Tipperary South Riding Rural Transport Limited, which operates as Ring-a-Link.

The funding allocated to Ring-a-Link in the years 2004 – 2010 is as follows:

YearDepartment of TransportFree Travel Pass(Department of Social & Family Affairs)
2004€174,854€21,712
2005€201,983€33,972
2006€229,154€36,862
2007€457,900€62,535
2008€377,940€59,900
2009€457,998€57,699
2010€450,000€67,373
Total€2,349,829€340,053

Details of the total services operated by Ring-a-Link across its network in counties Carlow, Kilkenny and Tipperary since 2004 are as follows:

YearNumber of ServicesNumber of Passengers
200475718136
2005108022431
2006142127548
2007218038697
2008265446893
2009273552425
Total10827206130

Information concerning services on an individual county basis for Ring-a-Link is not available to my Department.

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