Dempsey, NoelTuesday, 20 May 2008 |
Dáil Eireann Debate
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Order of Business.
The Deputy should get the facts.
Deputy Hogan should get the facts.
Written Answers - Proposed Legislation.
Was asked: if he is bringing forward a land Bill to control the price of land being acquired for new road developments or road widening projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
I am concerned at the significant costs to the State associated with land acquisition for transport projects. However, due cognisance must also be taken of the rights of individuals, as protected by ...
Written Answers - Road Safety.
Was asked: if he is satisfied with the policy of the National Car Test company to limit the certificate time for imported cars from Japan, Korea and other jurisdictions in view of the fact that the fee of €49 i...
Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No 477 of 2006), the Road Safety Authority has responsibility for the operation of the car testing service. It is al...
Written Answers - Road Network.
Was asked: further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 3 April 2008, when an order will be made designating the road as a motorway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Under Section 8 of the Roads Act 1993 the National Roads Authority (NRA) may apply to the Minster for Transport to re-designate a road to be a motorway subject to certain conditions being met. This i...
Written Answers - End-of-Life Vehicles.
Was asked: the number of letters that have been sent out to owners of re-sold cars that were written off; the number that will be sent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Data relating to some 5,400 written off vehicles which was provided voluntarily to my Department by one major insurer has been analysed against the 2.5 million active vehicles on the NVDF and as resul...
Written Answers - Traffic Management.
Was asked: his views on the recent proposals of the chairman of the Joint Committee on Transport to ban cars from certain streets in Dublin city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
I have not yet received proposals from the Joint Committee on Transport regarding this matter. When I do I will convey this to the group established and chaired by the Dublin City Manager, to develop...
Was asked: the way he will ensure that impact on traders caused by the construction of metro north will be minimised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Dublin City Traffic Management is a matter for Dublin City Council who are currently working on a Traffic Management Plan.
Written Answers - Light Rail Projects.
Was asked: his views on using underground power cables for future Luas and metro lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
The issue raised by the Deputy is a technical matter for the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA). I have asked the Agency to respond directly to the Deputy on the matter.
Written Answers - Departmental Expenditure.
Was asked: the expenditure by his Department on consultants to date in 2008; and if he will compare this to the expenditure on consultants for each of the past five years.
The expenditure on consultants in 2008 to date (as of 15 May 2008) is €300,035. The following table sets out the expenditure on consultants from 1 January to 15 May for each of the past five years.
Was asked: the number and cost of mobile phones or such communications equipment issued to programme managers, advisers, press officers and departmental personnel during each of the past three years; and the an...
There are approximately 190 mobile phones/blackberries in use by personnel of my Department including those issued to advisers and press officers. No programme manager has been appointed to my Depart...
Written Answers - Ministerial Appointments.
Was asked: the number of directors he has appointed to the board of Aer Lingus; if there are more Government slots on the board of Aer Lingus still to be filled; if so, when he will fill these positions; the na...
I have appointed three directors to the Board of Aer Lingus and this fulfils the quota of Ministerial Nominees permitted under the terms of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the company. ...
Written Answers - Air Services.
Was asked: the air routes currently the subject of aviation PSOs; the value of each aviation PSO route; his views on the extension of the PSO mechanism on the Waterford-Dublin route for example; and if he will ...
Under the terms of the relevant EU Council Regulation, (EEC) No. 2408/92 of 23 July 1992, Member States can establish a PSO route in respect of scheduled air services to an airport serving a periphera...
Written Answers - Road Network.
Was asked: the speed limit on the N8 between Fermoy and Watergrasshill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Under the Road Traffic Act 2004 a default speed limit of 100km/h applies to a rural national road. It is a matter for Cork County Council, with the consent of the National Roads Authority, to determi...
Written Answers - Ministerial Staff.
Was asked: the number of civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the Minister and his Ministers of State since 1997 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Information on the number of individual civil servants who have worked in the constituency offices of the previous Ministers and Ministers of State, since this Department was established in 2002, is s...
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