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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for developing public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA). In addition their functions have been extended to include securing or providing bus stops, bus shelters, bus stations, stands and bus fleets in the State. Noting this I have referred the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue raised is a matter for Irish Rail 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 reply within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 593 and 594 together. 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 (including the planting of trees) is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Acts 1993 to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Road Network (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads (such as the R131 Strand Road, Sandymount) is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993.  The selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is a matter for the local authority. Dublin City Council was allocated €6.1m in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Career Breaks (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: The information as requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. Duration 0-6 months 6-12 months 1-2 years 2-3 years 4-5 years 5 years+ Total Number of staff  0 0 2 0 0 0 2 There are two further staff who have completed their career break and will resume service in my Department on the 5th January 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: Photography costs incurred by my Department are on its website at the link below. It is the policy of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport that photography costs are kept to a minimum and services are provided in-house by staff.  Where services are contracted, best value is sought and a number of quotes are obtained. Services are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department reviewed its procedures in 2012 concerning photography and PR costs incurred by the Department. It was agreed that such costs should be incurred only where essential, and where possible photography should be done in-house. Full details of all external services engaged by the Department is available on the Department’s website via .

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: Since the formation of my Department on the 9th March 2011 there has been no engagement with external IT consultants.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consultancy Contracts (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department has not engaged in any external IT consultancy contracts since March 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: Details of appointments to State Boards are available on my Departments website at the following link via . New procedures for the appointments process were announced by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on 30th September 2014. These procedures came into effect on 1st November 2014 and consequently now all positions for State Board appointments can be viewed through the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Freedom of Information Requests (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: The data requested by the Deputy are provided in the Table below. FOI Requests received in the Department between 2009 and 2014 (to 17 Dec.) Year Total Requests Refused Granted Part-granted With-drawn * Total Appeals ᶴ Grant Part Grant Refuse † 1 2 [3+4+5+6] 3 4 5 6 7 [8+9+10] 8 9 10 2009 117 26 37 27 27 8 2 1 5 2010 114 17 31 44 22 7 - 4 3 2011 86 14 25 36 11 4 -...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 603, 605 and 610 together. The information requested by the Deputy is published on my Department's website and can be found at the following link, which covers spending on all external services. 

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Expenses (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy regarding subsistence and taxi payments is set out in the table below. My Department has been audited recently by the Revenue Commissioners for tax compliance. No issues were raised in this regard.  Travel and taxi usage policies are reviewed on a regular basis.  Changes in relevant circulars issued centrally by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Issues (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I am satisfied that the Irish Aviation Authority undertakes the necessary investment to ensure that its infrastructure and resources facilitate the effective delivery of air navigation services in accordance with its legislative mandate as laid down in the Irish Aviation Authority Act, 1993. Notwithstanding this, I have referred the Deputy's question to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Development Projects (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 607 and 613 together.   The matters raised by the Deputies in relation to the usage of the runways at Dublin Airport, current capacity at the airport and proposals to build a second runway fall within the operational responsibilities of DAA.  It should be noted that DAA operates under a clear commercial mandate, its operations are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: Legislation governing the carriage of dangerous goods by road is based on the European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods By Road (ADR).  Current regulations are published on the Health and Safety Authority's (HSA) ADR web pages. The relevant legislation covers general participant duties, the practical safe transport of dangerous goods,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry Regulations (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has statutory responsibility for regulating safety in the Irish aviation industry under the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993.  I have no plans to move the safety regulation functions from the IAA to my Department. In accordance with Section 32 of the 1993 Act, I intend to engage independent consultants to carry out a review in 2015 of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry Regulations (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: There are a number of European Regulations in force covering flight time limitations for pilots. The main Regulations concerned are Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91, Regulation (EU) No. 965/2012 and Commission Regulation (EU) No.83/2014 which entered into force on 18 February 2014 and which willll apply from 18th February 2016. The Irish Aviation Authority...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Policy (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: The draft National Aviation Policy was published in May 2014. The draft policy proposes that a liberal approach should be taken by my Department to any requests from non-EU and non-US airlines to serve routes to/from Ireland where there is a clear benefit for Ireland and the travelling public. The proposal also refers to the need to take account of EU criteria on fair...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: Earlier this year, following a public procurement process, the National Transport Authority (NTA) appointed Aecom, a firm specialising in transport engineering, to identify optimum medium term/long term public transport solutions in the Fingal/North Dublin area. In all 25 proposals were reviewed and assessed, including consideration of technical feasibility, cost and environmental issues. On...