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Carbon Emissions. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: The most important thing the Government could do would be to introduce the Dublin transport authority Bill. Because we do not have that legislation there are turf wars between Iarnród Éireann and the Railway Procurement Agency, while commuters suffer. The Minister is right in saying that people are buying cars due to modern economic wealth but public transport has not kept pace with...

Carbon Emissions. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is a question of how weak the Minister is.

Carbon Emissions. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: It plans new routes.

Proposed Legislation. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the calls from the Road Safety Authority to his Department to immediately introduce legislation to give powers to the Garda to seize disqualified drivers' licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3874/08]

Proposed Legislation. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister's intention to introduce legislation to deal with this issue, which was brought to his attention by the Road Safety Authority. The authority has complained that if a person with a fake driving licence is stopped by gardaí, they can request sight of the licence but cannot take it from him or her. If gardaí stop a motorist with a fake licence who is supposed to be off...

Proposed Legislation. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Is it the case that gardaí are not equipped when they stop a motorist to investigate a number of issues and, for example, to establish whether he or she is disqualified? Computers in Garda cars should be linked in real time to a database containing such information or it should be accessible on the hand held devices gardaí use. One of the problems is I could be disqualified from driving...

Proposed Legislation. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: They have been addressed to the Minister in his statement of strategy regarding uninsured drivers. It is a matter for his Department of Transport and a submission in this regard has been published on its website.

Road Safety. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Minister for his reply. Every European country has a blood alcohol limit of 0.05% except for Ireland and Britain, which both have limits of 0.08%. Will the Minister consider a lower limit in respect of drivers on learner licences? The evidence clearly indicates that younger drivers with blood alcohol content of above 0.02% are more likely to be involved in accidents. This side...

Road Safety. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is a question of enforcement.

Road Safety. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Those who are dying are the young people to whom the Minister referred.

Road Safety. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: I propose that the Minister be suspended.

Road Safety. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Did the Department express its concerns?

Road Safety. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Dr. Declan Bedford, an expert residing and working in County Meath, stated, in respect of the analysis he carried out regarding road deaths in Ireland over a particular period, that one quarter of the people who died in the accidents he investigated had taken alcohol of a level between 20 and 50 milligrams. Does the Minister accept that this is the case? Does he also accept the results of a...

Road Safety. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister implied it.

Road Safety. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am not criticising them.

Road Safety. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Does the Minister accept what the research indicates in respect of single vehicle accidents?

Public Transport. (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is 12 years since this project was first mooted, having an initial cost of €30 million. The expected cost is now €50 million, so there is an appalling waste of public money. The project is €20 million over budget at the moment, almost as bad as the electronic voting machines debacle, a mess with which the Minister was also involved. The Dublin transport authority Bill is not yet in...

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: He is challenging the Taoiseach to do his job.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3066/08]

Middle East Peace Process. (6 Feb 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his policy on the conflict between Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3795/08]