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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 July 2021

Thursday, 8 July 2021

Questions (165)

Pauline Tully

Question:

165. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the funding allocated to the LocalLink bus service in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37011/21]

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Written answers

As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) which has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including management of the Rural Transport Programme which operates under the Local Link brand.

My Department provides aggregate funding for Local Link services to the NTA. Since 2018, the total annual allocation for Local Link services has included funding for Rural Regular Services from the Public Service Obligation (PSO) budget provision. Total allocations (including the aforementioned PSO allocation) for the years 2019 - 2021 are as follows:

2019 - €21.0m

2020 - €23.4m

2021 - €28.2m

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