Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 March 2004
142 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the amount of money which has been allocated for 2004 in regard to the ADM rural transport initiative; the individual allocations by ADM to each of the 34 projects and the way in which they were calculated; and his Department’s long term plans for the initiative. [8146/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraArea Development Management Limited administers the pilot rural transport initiative on behalf of my Department. Under this scheme, 34 rural community groups are being financed to operate pilot rural transport services in their areas. Specific allocations for individual RTI projects are made by ADM from funds provided for this purpose by my Department. My Department also finances ADM's administration costs arising from its management of the RTI.
Some €3 million has already been provided annually by my Department for the initiative in the two year period ending December 2003 and further funding of €3 million is being provided in 2004. This €6 million commitment so far compares with €4.4 million earmarked for the RTI in the national development plan.
While the RTI funding allocations for individual RTI projects, together with the manner in which they are calculated, are matters for ADM, I understand that the specific allocations for 2004 are as outlined in the attached table.
ADM has recently commissioned an external evaluation of the RTI to measure, among other things, the effectiveness of the scheme in addressing the transport needs of rural Ireland. The evaluation is due to be completed by the summer and I will take its conclusions into account before making any further decisions in relation to rural transport.
|
Rural Transport Initiative |
|
|---|---|
|
Group Name |
2004 Allocation |
|
€ |
|
|
Aughrim-Kilmore Development Association Ltd. |
40,000 |
|
Avondhu Area Transport Partnership |
81,051 |
|
Bantry Integrated Development Group |
45,436 |
|
Bealach (Connamara Local Transport Partnership) |
79,360 |
|
Borrisokane Area Network Development Ltd. |
40,000 |
|
Carlow, Kilkenny, Sth Tipperary Rural Transport |
172,883 |
|
Comharchumann Chleire Teo (Cape Clear) |
53,194 |
|
Community of Lougharrow Social Project |
49,600 |
|
County Limerick / North Cork Transport Group |
109,060 |
|
County Sligo LEADER Partnership Company Ltd. |
49,594 |
|
East Clare Accessible Transport |
98,696 |
|
I.R.D. Duhallow |
58,900 |
|
Kerry Community Transport |
274,367 |
|
Kilnaleck Community & Cooperative Soc.(Cavan) |
40,000 |
|
Laois Rural Regeneration Partnership |
93,117 |
|
Longford Community Resources Ltd. |
58,064 |
|
Meath Accessible Transport |
72,710 |
|
Meitheal Mhaigh Eo |
99,372 |
|
MFG Teo |
86,924 |
|
Monaghan Partnership |
40,000 |
|
North Fingal Rural Transport Company |
40,000 |
|
Oak Partnership (Offaly / Kildare) |
124,575 |
|
Rural Lift (Co. Leitrim, Nth Cavan) |
72,439 |
|
Seirbhis Iompair Tuaithe Teo |
69,126 |
|
South East Galway Integrated Rural Dev. |
58,910 |
|
South Kildare Rural |
129,215 |
|
South Westmeath (Mount Temple) |
86,797 |
|
Tipperary LEADER Group |
40,000 |
|
Tumna Shannon Development Co. |
43,460 |
|
Waterford Rural Transport Working Group (CDB) |
90,734 |
|
West Coast Wexford Rural Transport Initiative |
60,890 |
|
West Offaly Partnership |
74,400 |
|
Wexford Area Partnership |
49,600 |
|
Wicklow Rural (Aughrim Tidy Towns Ltd.) |
86,794 |
|
Total |
2,669,268 |
