Results 2,161-2,180 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (7 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the review of the local drugs task force (details supplied) will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will lay the report before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [42188/06]

Public Transport: Motion. (12 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I move: "That Dáil Éireann, concerned at the serious traffic problems facing the Greater Dublin Area and the inadequacy of the current public transport system; conscious that even if the metro and rail proposals contained in Transport 21 are delivered on time, it will be many years before these services become available to the public; and believing that in those circumstances the Dublin bus...

Public Transport: Motion. (12 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: It does not have to be like this. Congestion is not a problem of prosperity but of poor Government. The Government has deliberately starved Dublin commuters of additional buses, with no increase in the Dublin Bus fleet between 2001 and late 2005. Transport 21 only delivered 17 new buses in 2005 and 15 this year and, in both cases, the buses were not operational until November or December....

Public Transport: Motion. (12 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: The second part of this motion calls for the completion of quality bus corridors. At 13 km/h, the average speed of Dublin buses is almost the slowest in Europe and, apart from Paris, no other capital city has a slower peak time bus speed. Our average speed compares to Reykjavik at 28 km/h, Helsinki at 27 km/h, London and Prague at 26 km/h, Rotterdam at 23 km/h and Venice at 22 km/h. The...

Public Transport: Motion. (12 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Has the Minister ever heard of bus-based park and ride facilities?

Public Transport: Motion. (12 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Then why not support the motion?

Public Transport: Motion. (12 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: The front gate is as bad.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (12 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 14 November 2006, if he will expedite the holiday visa of a person (details supplied) who wishes to visit Dublin for Christmas 2006. [42241/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax allowances and reliefs currently allowed for the building of park and ride facilities; the maximum allowed per building project; if a rate per parking space applies; the criteria attached to awarding such allowances; the cost to the Exchequer of such allowances in each of the years in this century; the number of parking spaces provided...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (12 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 391: To ask the Minister for Transport the persons against whom penalty point offences committed by a driver with a foreign driver's licence driving a commercial vehicle owned by their employer are recorded, the number so recorded in each of the years since the commencement of the penalty points regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42269/06]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (12 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 392: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he is taking to address the anomalous position of drivers with foreign driver's licences [i]vis-À-vis[/i] the application of penalty points and other road traffic penalties; if his attention has been drawn to the competitive disadvantage this places on Irish commercial drivers; the action he will take to regulate this sector to...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (12 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 399: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he has taken to deal with the excessive overcrowding at peak times on the northern Drogheda-Connolly rail line; the service and safety standards set down by his Department in relation to overcrowding on rail carriages; the measures he has taken to ensure that Iarnród Éireann complies with these; and the amount of funding provided...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 435: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding that is available to schools for the provision and upkeep of bicycle sheds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42264/06]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (12 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans for the future use of a school building (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42320/06]

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (12 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 500: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her reason for denying permanent recognition to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the way she proposes the funding deficit to be bridged by parents and school management; if she will review this decision in view of the extra costs this will place on parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42823/06]

Public Transport: Motion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: The lowest in Europe.

Public Transport: Motion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: That is tiny by European standards.

Public Transport: Motion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: The Deputy should wise up.

Public Transport: Motion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Will the Deputy give way to take a question?

Public Transport: Motion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Deputy aware that the subsidy to Dublin Bus is the lowest in Europe?