Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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1545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount allocated to mountain rescue for expenses by his Department in each of the past ten years; the mountain rescue teams to which this was allocated broken down by team; the policy of his Department on providing adequate funding for overhead costs to all mountain rescue teams into the future; his plans to seek the transfer of responsibility for mountain rescue to the Department of Rural and Community Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37467/17]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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I enclose a table which sets out the annual maintenance grant allocated to each Mountain Rescue Team by this Department for the past ten years. Mountain Rescue Ireland, the parent body for mountain rescue, also receives an annual development grant currently in the sum of €60,000. Funding needs will be kept under review by the Department. I have no plans to seek the transfer of responsibility for mountain rescue to the Department of Rural and Community Development.

ANNUAL MAINTENANCE GRANT - MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAMS