Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 236: To ask the Minister for Transport the overall reduction in the budget for the rural transport scheme for 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47821/10]

John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 244: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money that has been appropriated for rural transport programmes in Waterford in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47813/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 236 and 244 together.

Pobal administers the Rural Transport Programme (RTP) on behalf of my Department and is responsible, among other things, for allocating funds to individual community transport groups from funding provided by my Department. I understand from Pobal that the following amounts were allocated to the RTP Programme in Waterford:-

â'¬10.6 million is being provided for the RTP in 2011 in recognition of the important role it plays in combating rural isolation, particularly for the elderly. This is a reduction of some 3.6% on the 2010 allocation.