Written answers

Tuesday, 12 October 2010

Department of Transport

Rural Transport Services

9:00 am

Photo of Joanna TuffyJoanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 332: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of funding that he will allocate to the rural transport programme for 2011; if he will restate the Government's commitment to continue funding this scheme into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35930/10]

Photo of Noel DempseyNoel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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There are commitments to the Rural Transport Programme (RTP) in the National Development Plan, Towards 2016 and the Department's Sectoral Plan under the Disability Act 2005. The development of rural transport is also a key objective in the Government's sustainable travel and transport plan Smarter Travel – A Sustainable Transport Future. The renewed Government Programme contains a commitment to explore the provision of a full-scale transport system in rural areas using the network expertise of Bus Éireann and the resources of the school and health transport systems.

€11 million is being provided for the RTP this year. Consideration of further funding for the Programme will be considered by the Government in the context of the Budget for 2011 and later years.

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