Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 231: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated number of transport providers participating in the rural transport initiative annually for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17034/10]

Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Pobal administers the Rural Transport Programme (RTP) on behalf of my Department. 36 rural community transport groups are being funded for the provision of transport services in their rural areas. I understand from Pobal that while a small number of the services are operated by the groups themselves, some 300 private transport operators are contracted by the groups on a competitive tendering basis, to deliver the vast bulk of the transport services.