AQW 45834/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
To ask the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development how her Department is working with the Department for Regional Development to deliver the commitment to tackle poverty and social isolation, through providing rural community transport and protecting the existing services.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 15 May 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 15 May 2015
- Answer due by
- 2 June 2015
- Answered
- 2 June 201518 days after tabling
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Through the Tackling Rural Poverty and Social Isolation Programme my Department continues to fund the Assisted Rural Travel Scheme (ARTS) working in partnership with the Department for Regional Development (DRD). This Scheme provides free or half fare travel to those rural dwellers with a SmartPass (mainly the elderly and disabled) on Rural Community Transport Partnership vehicles across the north of Ireland.