{"id":424939,"date":"2026-04-30T09:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/424939\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T09:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:52:11","slug":"minister-canney-backs-road-transporters-support-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/424939\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Canney backs Road Transporters Support Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\">Minister of State in the Department of Transport with responsibility for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and Ports, Sean Canney has welcomed the launch of the Road Transporters Support Scheme to support hauliers, \u2018own account\u2019 operators and bus and coach services right across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThese are the people who keep Ireland moving every day \u2013 keeping supply chains going, supporting jobs and connecting communities,\u201d Minister Canney said.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThis scheme is about recognising that role and stepping in with practical support at a time when rising fuel costs are putting real pressure on the sector, with a structure that provides proportionately more support to smaller operators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Minister Canney also strongly welcomed the \u20ac100 million Fuel Support Scheme for farmers, agricultural contractors and fishers \u2013 a targeted measure based on fuel usage that will provide real support where it\u2019s needed most.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for both schemes are expected to open in May<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ftai.ie\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FTA-Ireland-Banner1-scaled.jpg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"\" alt=\"FTA Ireland\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minister of State in the Department of Transport with responsibility for International and Road Transport, Logistics, Rail and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43,185835],"class_list":["post-424939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-road-transporters-support-scheme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}