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Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 809 and 810 together. My Department does not make public details of applicants for licensed public transport services or for the renewal of annual passenger licences issued in accordance with the Road Transport Act 1932, as amended, or indeed of any appeals that are under consideration, as such information is considered to be commercially sensitive. A copy of...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: Section 7 of the Road Transport Act 1932, as amended, requires that every person who carries on a passenger road service in contravention of the Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding approximately €70. In the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding approximately €7 for every day during which the offence...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 813 and 814 together. Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann are exempt from the requirement to hold a licence under the Road Transport Act 1932, as amended. However, since 10 January 2001, both companies are required by ministerial direction to notify my Department of any proposed new services or proposed changes to existing services at least four weeks prior to their...

Written Answers — Driving Licences: Driving Licences (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 815 and 816 together. The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government holds and administers the national driver file that contains driving licence records. My Department is in consultation with that Department with a view to having the necessary arrangements for the issue of driving licence renewal notices from the national driver file put in...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table: June to August 2004 June to August 2005* Roscommon 397 249 Tuam 521 311 *Provisional figures to end August. The number of tests carried out in June to August 2005 compared to June to August 2004 was reduced due to leave arrangements and a training course for testers serving these test centres.

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: A driving test has been arranged for the person concerned. Notification of the test appointment issued on 12 September 2005.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: The primary investigative role in relation to road accidents is vested with the Garda Síochána. Such investigations seek to determine the causes of road accidents including, where appropriate, road construction or surface standards. Garda reports on these investigations are forwarded to the National Roads Authority and subsequently to each local authority for the purpose of the...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: The traffic signs manual sets out directions and advice given to road authorities by the Minister for Transport pursuant to section 95(16) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 regarding the provision and use of warning and information traffic signs. A copy of the manual is available in the Oireachtas Library. Chapter eight of the manual sets out advice on the signs to be deployed at road works....

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: I have received proposals from Iarnród Éireann for the electrification of the Maynooth line and for the construction of a new city centre rail station as part of an overall greater Dublin integrated rail plan. The Iarnród Éireann integrated plan is being considered in the context of the multi-annual investment framework for transport that my Department is preparing at present. The company...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: There are no proposals to introduce shadow tolling on the M50.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: The legal basis for the fees charged by the bus licensing division of my Department for passenger licences, issued under the Road Transport Act 1932, is Regulations 1955, SI 68/1955, which amends the Road Transport Regulations 1932 No. 26 of1932. The current level of fees is as follows: Grant of Annual Passenger Licences. â'¬ A continuous passenger road service 7.62 A seasonal...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: For the first six months of 2005 this Department has spent €620 million which is €111 million less than for the same period in 2004. The difference in the main is made up of a capital spend of €66 million less on roads projects and €40 million less on public transport projects in the first half of the year as compared with the same period last year. This reflects the challenges...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: The location of stations on the rail network is a matter for the board of Irish Rail. The company informs me it has no plans, at present, to build a second railway station in Drogheda. While I understand that Irish Rail has had some representations regarding a second station at the north side of the town, there are some concerns from an operational perspective about the close proximity of the...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (29 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: The statutory power to levy tolls on national roads and to make toll by-laws is vested in the National Roads Authority, NRA, under Part V of the Roads Act 1993, as amended by the Planning and Development Act 2000. Accordingly I have no role in this process. I understand from the NRA that the primary construction work on the port tunnel is expected to be completed in December 2005 and that the...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (29 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: I have been advised by Iarnród Éireann that it provides a freight service for Coillte, transporting trainloads of pulpwood from Ballina Railhead to Waterford. In addition, Iarnród Éireann also provides an express parcels service and a road freight service to and from Ballina for Mayo industries. On 29 July this year, the unit load service for single container loads ceased given the...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (29 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: In January 2005 I made regulations, the Road Traffic (Speed Limit-Traffic Signs) Regulations 2005, S.I. No. 10 of 2005, prescribing the regulatory traffic signs displaying metric units of measurement, kilometres per hour, that the road authorities must provide on public roads to indicate the speed limit in force. Since the passage of the Road Traffic Act 1994 the power to apply special speed...

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (29 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: Traffic management in the city and in the vicinity of Dublin Port is a matter for Dublin City Council. In parallel with the opening to traffic of the Dublin Port tunnel, Dublin City Council will be introducing a heavy goods vehicle traffic management strategy to manage HGV traffic entering and exiting the port and to ensure that maximum traffic benefits are secured from the Dublin Port...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (29 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: I understand that the midlands regional planning guidelines, which were approved in mid-2004, do not include specific reference to the re-opening of Killucan railway station. It is imperative that a sufficient population is in place in the catchment area of a station to justify its re-opening. The present position is that Iarnród Éireann is in discussions with Westmeath County Council to...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (29 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: I am informed by Iarnród Éireann that it has no immediate plans to re-open the Mullingar to Athlone line. The strategic rail review examined the case for re-opening this line and concluded that it was not a priority project. The review suggested it could be re-evaluated at a future date in the context of securing progress in advancing and adopting complementary land use and transport policy...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (29 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: Bus Éireann is exempt from the requirement to hold a licence under the Road Transport Act 1932, as amended. However, since January 2001 the Department has implemented notification and approval procedures in respect of the introduction of new or revised services by State bus companies. The procedures are designed to ensure that these exempted operators do not announce or introduce services...