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Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (13 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 455: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí based at each station in the Dublin region for the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28214/07]

Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (13 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 456: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the present capacity of the Garda driving and training school; his plans to increase its capacity to take on the work of providing adequate driving training courses for the planned additional traffic corps appointees over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28215/07]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (13 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 457: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons detected, prosecuted and convicted for failing to have their vehicle undergo a mandatory national car test for each year since the commencement of the test to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28216/07]

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (13 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the car theft offences recorded and detailed for each of the districts in County Mayo for 2002 and 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28217/07]

Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: When?

Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: The Taoiseach will be out of office.

Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: People are fed up waiting. It has been going on for years.

Transport 21: Statements. (14 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: It was passed by the Dáil.

Transport 21: Statements. (14 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to have the opportunity to make some comments on Transport 21 around the time of the second anniversary of its launch. The Transport 21 programme was launched with great fanfare by the Minister's colleagues, the former Minister for Transport, Deputy Cullen, and several of his ministerial colleagues including the Taoiseach, Deputy Ahern, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen,...

Transport 21: Statements. (14 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Recently, I suggested that the Joint Committee on Transport be given a strong invigilation role in respect of the new road safety strategy. The same process should apply to Transport 21. I will welcome the Minister's comments in that regard. A key Government failure that has contributed to slippages and blockages in Transport 21, especially regarding the greater Dublin area, has been the...

Transport 21: Statements. (14 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: The Tallaght line was delivered to Connolly Station in the face of ferocious resistance from vested interests. The Labour Party has long been on the record as advocating a DTA placed on a statutory basis with the power to direct and implement policy across transport agencies and that is democratically accountable to the citizens of Dublin and its environs, but what of the other regions? For...

Transport 21: Statements. (14 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: When Transport 21 was established, it had clear deficiencies beyond the failure to establish the DTA. It was disappointing that inadequate provision was made for new buses and quality bus corridors. Of particular regret to Deputies from the north side of Dublin was that plans to develop public transport facilities such as metro north for hard-pressed commuters would take seven years to go...

Transport 21: Statements. (14 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the fact that the project will go to tender. I ask my Fine Gael colleagues to declare where they stand on the metro north issue because there is some confusion regarding their party's role.

Transport 21: Statements. (14 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: It seems a Fine Gael Senator believes the project should not proceed.

Transport 21: Statements. (14 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: We should build metro north post haste. Swords is a major city of 100,000 people and it has one of the planet's busiest hub airports. While eminent journalists such as Mr. McDonald of The Irish Times are running a campaign against the metro, there is a case to be made for it because it would provide vital regeneration in and a transport corridor for the city's north side. For many years,...

Transport 21: Statements. (14 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: When will the Cork Luas project be brought forward? Many innovative ideas have been tabled. Transport 21 includes Irish Rail's proposal for an interconnector to link Heuston and Connolly stations, but the timeframe is 2015. The Minister told the media that he would bring the date forward by five years, but the project is falling one year, two years or three years behind like other parts of...

Transport 21: Statements. (14 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: In the budget on 5 December, can we expect significant capital funding for the interconnector's development? We will look for it. I am disappointed with the delivery of Transport 21. Are the Minister and the Department fit for the purpose and can they deliver? To date, the situation has been bleak. We are fed up with excuses, disappointments and delays. The Minister's job is to deliver....

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (14 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 63: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps being taken to implement the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure that local authorities prioritise the provision of community and recreational facilities as part of their development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28679/07]

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (14 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 67: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the Green Paper on local government reform to be published; if he expects the deadline given in the programme for Government of 14 December 2007 to be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28678/07]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (14 Nov 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average response times for gardaí when dealing with emergency calls in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007; the average response time for the gardaí to deal with non-emergency calls for the years 2002 to 2006 and to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28771/07]