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Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (20 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: An outline proposal by Dublin City Council to introduce special parking arrangements that could be applied in the vicinity of Croke Park, or other venues, on specified occasions was received in my Department on 18 October 2005. This proposal will be considered in the context of the parameters established in section 35 of the Road Traffic Act 1994, which provides the legislative basis for the...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (20 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (20 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The provision of public bus services on specific routes in response to demand for public bus services is a commercial and operational matter for bus operators. It is open to all bus operators, including Bus Éireann, to initiate new services subject to compliance with the necessary regulatory requirement of giving advance notice to my Department and to compliance with the provisions of...

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (20 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 and 121 together. Traffic and parking regulations made in 1997 under section 35 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 provide that the only vehicles that may stop or park in a disabled person's parking bay are those in which a disabled person's parking permit is displayed, provided the vehicle is being used for the convenience of the person to whom the permit was...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (20 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The package of measures to reduce the backlog of driving test applications includes a bonus scheme for driver testers, the recruitment of additional testers as well as the temporary outsourcing of a set block of tests. As negotiations are ongoing on the package and the tender price for outsourcing the driving tests is commercially sensitive information, I am not in a position at this point to...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: Traffic and parking regulations made in 1997 under section 35 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 provide that the only vehicles that may stop or park in a disabled person's parking bay are those in which a disabled person's parking permit is displayed, provided the vehicle is being used for the convenience of the person to whom the permit was issued. The prohibition on parking in disabled person's...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (25 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 402 and 419 together. The proposed contactless smartcard-based integrated ticketing system, for which the Railway Procurement Agency, RPA, was given statutory responsibility, will enable a customer to use a ticket on one or more scheduled public transport services, by road and by rail, irrespective of the transport operator involved. In line with international...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (25 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The information requested is set out in the following table. Date Number awaiting test Tralee Killarney 17 October 2005 1,614 1,941 January 2005 1,685 2,092 January 2004 2,007 1,925 January 2003 982 1,017 January 2002 921 812

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (25 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: There are currently 115 driver testers, ten supervisors, of whom one is engaged full-time as training co-ordinator, and one chief tester employed in my Department. Driver testers are not employed at all driving test centres but are assigned to headquarter centres within a region. Other test centres within the region are served from the headquarter centres. The following table shows where...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (25 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: A driving test will be arranged in due course for the person concerned. My Department did not receive any request for an early test, or documentary evidence to support such a request.

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (25 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: A driving test will be arranged in due course for the person concerned. My Department did not receive any request for an early test, or documentary evidence to support such a request.

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (25 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The competition in question is being managed by the Public Appointments Service, to which I refer the Deputy for more detail. My Department has been informed by the PAS that it hopes to schedule the first stage of the recruitment process, a written practical exam, in mid-December. The PAS has further indicated it hopes to offer successful candidates offers of appointment, on completion of all...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (25 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: Iarnród Éireann has supplied the following information in answer to the Deputy's question. It is not possible to give a precise breakdown in regard to each of the lines as some of the trackwork is shared between the various routes. The expenditure shown in the following table relates to track, signalling and other safety related investment such as level crossings, fencing and bridges which...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (25 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: Under section 19(1)(f) of the Roads Act 1993, the allocation of funding for undertaking national road improvement projects is a matter for the National Roads Authority, NRA. Therefore, the detailed information sought by the Deputy is held by the NRA. To facilitate the Deputy, my Department has asked the NRA to forward the requested data directly to him.

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (25 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: In accordance with the provisions of the European Communities (Driving Theoretical Tests) Regulations 2003 and in line with EU directive requirements, a person who wishes to obtain a driving licence entitlement for the first time in respect of a particular vehicle category must firstly pass the driver theory test for that particular vehicle category unless the person has already done so.

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (25 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: Existing guidelines in place for the commissioning of outside expertise in the consultancy and public relations fields include Department of Finance public procurement guidelines: Competitive Process — Supplies and Services — July 2004, and Department of Finance Guidelines for Engagement of Consultants in the Civil Service — March 1999. Furthermore, this Department has taken on where...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (25 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: My Department's policy is to engage consultants or to commission reports only in those circumstances where there is a requirement for specialised knowledge or expertise which is not available in my Department or where the cost of performing the task in-house would result in a prohibitive opportunity cost. I am conscious of the necessity to achieve value for money and of the key role the...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (25 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: A range of options regarding off-road driving test centres is under consideration in my Department in consultation with the Office of Public Works. A final decision has not yet been made.

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (25 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: Iarnród Éireann has advised me that, as part of the DART upgrade, the following works are being carried out at Harmonstown, Killester and Clontarf Road stations. The stations will be fully accessible to mobility-impaired persons, new sloped paths have been constructed for mobility-impaired access to both platforms, and tactile strip will be added to existing platforms. The stations will be...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (25 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: As the Deputy will be aware, negotiations are ongoing between the EU and US with a view to reaching an open skies agreement by the end of this year. The next set of EU-US negotiations is scheduled for 14-18 November in Washington, after which it is expected that a draft agreement will be discussed at the meeting of Transport Ministers in Brussels on 5 December. We need certainty for Shannon...