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Written Answers — Foreign Military Aircraft: Foreign Military Aircraft (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: Under the Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order 1952, the regulation of foreign military aircraft is a matter for the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Under the order the Minister for Foreign Affairs has no obligation to approve any overflights or landings and may impose any conditions that he sees fit. The Minister for Foreign Affairs normally imposes all of the conditions mentioned...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: I met with representatives of the Retired Aviation Staff Association most recently on 29 June 2005. Since that meeting, a further actuarial evaluation of the Irish airlines, general employees, superannuation scheme was made available in August 2005. The results of that evaluation showed that without provision for future indexation of pensions, the scheme has a surplus of €140 million....

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Road Safety Strategy 2004-2006 stated that compulsory initial practical training for motorcyclists would be introduced. A working group comprising motorcycle interests has been considering the appropriate standards that will apply in this area and the standards that instructors must comply with. Overseeing the introduction of such training will be the responsibility of the proposed Road...

Written Answers — Transport Investment Plan: Transport Investment Plan (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: I refer to my earlier reply today in response to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 88 and 103.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: I intend to take Questions Nos. 235, 243, 256 and 258 together. The various matters referred to by the Deputies are being considered by my Department as part of its preparatory work on a ten year transport investment framework. I hope to bring proposals on the framework to Government shortly.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: An amount of €341.30 was paid by my Department to the company in July 2002 in respect of an Internet content management workshop. Normal controls were applied and I am satisfied that value for money was received.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: No payments were made by my Department to this company in the period mentioned.

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The provision of services is a day-to-day operational matter for Iarnród Éireann to consider. However, I understand that the company intends to provide additional capacity on the line from December 2005 onwards by increasing the frequency of services in the morning and evening peaks.

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: In order to deal with the delays in obtaining a driving test, my Department and the Department of Finance agreed a package of measures to reduce the backlog of driving test applications. An essential part of the package includes a bonus scheme for existing driver testers. The other elements of the package are the recruitment of additional testers and the outsourcing of a block of tests. A...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The request for tenders for the contract to conduct driving tests set out the appropriate requirements that staff recruited as driver testers by the contractor must meet. These requirements are the same as have been applied by the Public Appointments Service in the competition being run by it for the recruitment of contract driver testers.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The improvement and maintenance of national roads is a matter for the National Roads Authority, NRA. The allocation to the NRA for national road improvement has been increased substantially since 1997 and stands at €1.319 billion for 2005. In addition, €53.9 million has been provided for road maintenance in 2005, including the type of road maintenance activities referred to by the Deputy....

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The national development plan envisages that a proportion of the national roads programme will be implemented by means of public private partnerships, PPPs, which involve private sector funding, remunerated in part by user tolls. The model selected for national road PPP projects to date is the design, build, operate and finance, DBFO, model. Through PPPs, private sector innovation is...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. This information is supplied by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, which is responsible for the national vehicle and driver file, which contains the driver records on which penalty points are recorded. Penalty points at 30 September 2005 Number of Drivers 2 226,612 4 31,977 5 1,290 6...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The average Monday to Friday carryings are 60,000 passengers per day. In 2005, Luas is on course to carry nearly 21 million passengers. This is substantially ahead of projected passenger numbers. The Railway Procurement Agency, RPA, and the Dublin Transportation Office are carrying out a comprehensive assessment of the effect of Luas on travel patterns. The "before Luas" survey was carried...

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: A ten year transport investment framework is currently being prepared which will identify the investment and outline the measures that I believe are required to further develop all elements of national transport infrastructure. While I am not in a position to outline details of the draft framework pending a decision by Government in the matter, I have indicated previously that I expect the...

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: Traffic management in the city centre 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 ensure that maximum traffic benefits are secured from the Dublin Port tunnel. This strategy has three objectives: to ensure the optimal use by HGVs of the port...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 254 and 257 together. Traffic management in general is a matter for the appropriate local authority and in the case of the M50, the city centre and in the vicinity of Dublin Port that authority is Dublin City Council. As a major new element in Dublin's road network the Dublin Port tunnel will have a considerable beneficial impact on traffic flow in the Dublin...

Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: Over €2.4 billion has been spent from Exchequer and EU funds to date on public transport infrastructure. The Exchequer provision for public transport investment this year is €426 million, clearly demonstrating the Government's strong ongoing commitment to the national development plan programme and to maintaining a high level of investment in public transport infrastructural projects. All...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (19 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: In order to deal with the unacceptable delays in obtaining a driving test, my Department and the Department of Finance have agreed a package of measures to reduce the backlog of driving test applications. The package includes a bonus scheme for driver testers, the recruitment of additional testers as well as the outsourcing of a block of tests. The package has the potential to deliver up to...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (20 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: My Department makes annual funding available to the National Safety Council, NSC. In addition to Exchequer funding, the Irish Insurance Federation, IIF, contributes to the council's budget and funding is also received from sponsorshipsources. The table sets out the funding available to the council for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005. 2003 2004 2005 â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ State Grant...