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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: ​Section 113 of the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 requires a Minister appoint persons to the boards of the three CIÉ subsidiary companies, including Iarnród Éireann, who have wide experience in relation to transport, commercial, financial, land use planning or environmental matters and the organisation of workers or administration. In addition to this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (15 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue raised is a matter for Iarnród Éireann and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the company for direct reply.  Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (10 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, as Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme.  The planning, design and implementation of individual road projects is a matter for the Transport Infrastructure Ireland (formerly known as the NRA) under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 in conjunction with the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (10 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue raised is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA) and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply.  Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airports Passenger Data (10 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The total number of passengers that travelled through the three State airports and the four regional airports at Knock, Kerry, Donegal and Waterford in 2014 was 26,564,498.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation Services (10 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: There are currently two ​Public Service Obligation (PSO) air services funded by my Department operating between Donegal and Dublin and Kerry and Dublin. A new contract for these two services commenced on 1 February 2015 following a competitive tendering process. Both routes are operated by Stobart Air at an average cost per annum of €7.6m. This...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (10 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Details of Capex and Opex funding support provided by my Department to the regional airports for the years 2011-2014 are given in the following tables. Final figures for 2015 will not be available until after year end. However, I anticipate that, in total, Capex funding for the four regional airports at Knock, Kerry, Donegal and Waterford will amount to approximately €2.15m this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Rehiring (10 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: There have been no applications for re-instatement, following retirement on grounds of ill-health, granted since 2004 in my Department.  Circular 22 of 2007: Ill-Health Retirement from the Civil Service sets out the procedures and legislation under which such retirements may occur.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (10 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: ​The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads in Cavan is the statutory responsibility of Cavan County Council, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from the Council's own resources supplemented by State road grants.  The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the members for the opportunity to appear before the committee to discuss the Transport Council meeting in Brussels tomorrow. The focus is on a policy debate on the social aspects of road transport and road safety. Apart from these discussions, there will be a number of information items under "any other business", including the European Union's aviation strategy. I would like to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The particular measure to which the Vice Chairman is referring has been on the agenda for quite some time. My understanding is that it will be considered again by the European Parliament and I understand some Irish MEPs have been supportive of the measure. My own view is any matters that improve the sharing of information regarding passengers and their travelling by air should be considered...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Could the Senator repeat that question please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Senator for his questions. He has put four different points to me. I will start by responding to what he said about the issues that have arisen with tachographs as a consequence of what happened in Calais and Dover recently. He is correct in his identification of the issue that was occurring at that time. Representatives of the road haulage industry raised this matter with us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: They are co-operating very strongly with us. I have to put it on the record that they are working closely with us. It is understandable that members of the road haulage industry will want to raise with us the kinds of issues and matters of concern that are arising in this context. I assure the Senator that we are being as co-operative as possible with the industry and the UK bodies on this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy. I will work through the different questions he has posed. The UK is the key issue when we seek to deal with cross-border recognition of speed limits. The Deputy is correct when he said the UK opted out of a convention - I believe it was under the Lisbon treaty but I am happy to be corrected - which created a challenge for Ireland. A successful agreement has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I acknowledge the considerable difficulties Irish haulage companies were facing in France. We invested a considerable effort in dealing with tachograph readings and the recording of time. The decision the British Government had to make provided the background to the triggering of section 14.2, which we discussed earlier. The Deputy referred to fines, an issue that has been raised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: We will check it. My Department is not aware of that point so we will check it and get back to the Deputy on it. The Deputy has raised the testing issues with me before in the Dáil during the debate on the Road Traffic Bill 2015 and I know it is a matter of concern to him. It is a matter that causes difficulty to people but all I can say is that anything we do is done with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport Council Meeting: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I did not want to create the impression that the Deputy did not believe in it.