Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 48: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to put in place incentives for car pooling and other measures to reduce congestion on our roads. [33435/11]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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In line with the commitment in the national smarter travel strategy a national car sharing database is now available at carsharing.ie , launched by the National Transport Authority in July 2011.

Carsharing offers people a cost effective and a more sustainable way of travelling by car, where public transport, walking or cycling are not viable options. Carsharing can also ease destination parking pressure.

Carsharing.ie is an all-island service for the public, which is free of charge to use. The service can be used by any individual or group looking to promote carsharing, for example:

- To set up a private carsharing group for regular trips to a workplace, community group or sports club.

- To set up private carsharing groups for one-off trips, for example to music festivals, weddings or sporting fixtures.

- To generally seek or offer lifts.

By the end of July 2011, 31 large organisations had signed up to the car sharing database.