AQW 23335/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 25/02/2025
Answered On Date: 05/03/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) how her Department is reviewing the community transport sector when she only funds a small number of community transport operators; and (ii) what investigation has been carried out on those organisations operating under a Section 10B permit, but do not receive any funding from the Rural Transport Fund or Transport Programme for People with Disabilities.

Answer:

My Department is currently undertaking a phased review of community transport. The review will only consider the community transport operators and schemes funded by my Department and does not extend to the wider community transport sector across the North of Ireland.

The Department is also reviewing the operation of the Section 10B permits scheme. The Section 10B permits review will examine the efficiency and effectiveness of the permits scheme across the community transport sector, including both funded and non-funded organisations.