Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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1474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of public service obligation subvention paid to each of the public transport companies in each of the years 2008 to 2011 in tabular form. [2001/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Since 2010 there is no subvention paid directly by my Department for public transport services.

The award of Public Service Obligation (PSO) contracts falls under the independent statutory remit of the National Transport Authority (NTA), which has direct responsibility for this area along with the routes covered and therefore I have referred the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply.

The total PSO subvention provided to the primary transport operators by my Department in the years 2008 to 2009 is as follows:

Schedule of Exchequer Subvention: 2008 to 2009

Information regarding PSO allocations is publicly available in tabular form through the NTA's Statistical Bulletin series for State funded bus and rail services. Those documents are published onwww.nationaltransport.ie