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Tuesday, 3 July 2018

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Public Transport Data

Photo of John CurranJohn Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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468. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to the green public transport fund to support the uptake of energy efficient technologies for PSO operators in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29250/18]

Photo of Shane RossShane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Within my Department's overall funding allocation, €5.5m is assigned in 2018 and €29m from 2019-2021 specifically to provide for a Carbon Reduction Programme to fund measures which support decarbonising the transport sector.

From within that allocation, funding is sourced for a Green Public Transport Fund established to support the uptake of low carbon, energy efficient technologies within the public transport sector. The fund is intended to support piloting and uptake of energy-efficient and alternatively fuelled technologies for PSO operators within the bus fleet and small public service vehicle (SPSV) sector, as well as bridging the price differential between such technologies and conventionally fuelled vehicles.

No funding was drawn down in 2017. However, an up-to-date and comprehensive set of vehicle trials is being planned to commence later this year to help inform purchasing decisions for new buses over the coming years. It is envisaged that in 2018 the NTA will employ the Fund to support these urban bus fleet trials.

The Green Public Transport Fund is also supporting the transition of the national SPSV fleet to alternative technologies through the establishment of a new Electric Vehicle SPSV Grant Scheme. By the end of May 2018, €45,221 had been drawn down from the Green Public Transport Fund to pay grants under this scheme.

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