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Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: In September 2004 the director of the medical bureau of road safety and head of forensic medicine at University College, Dublin commenced teaching a postgraduate course in the higher diploma in forensic medicine at the university's faculty of medicine. This course includes teaching on drugs, alcohol and driving including drug recognition. The first cohort of doctors has completed the course...

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 empower local authorities, the Irish Wheelchair Association and the Disabled Drivers' Association to grant disabled person's parking permits. Permits are issued where the issuing body is satisfied that the applicant is suffering from a disability that prevents him or her from walking or causes undue hardship to the person in walking. The...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: The ten-year transport investment framework, Transport 21, now provides the strategic framework for the development of the national roads network. It provides for a more extensive upgrade programme than that provided for in the NDP. In these circumstances, separate costings for the completion of the primary route improvement programme provided for in the NDP have not been abstracted.

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: The planning, design and implementation of national roads improvement projects is a matter for the National Roads Authority, NRA, and local authorities. I understand from the NRA that nearly 50% of the national primary routes from Dublin to the Border, Galway, Cork, Limerick and Waterford will be completed by the end of2006.

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: In July 2005, in responding to NRA proposals relating to arrangements needed for the better implementation of the national roads programme, I approved a significant increase in NRA staffing levels. I am satisfied that these additional resources will enable the NRA to improve the management and delivery of the significant programme of works under the national roads programme. The NRA is also...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: My Department spent approximately €15,000 in 2002, €6,200 in 2003 and €19,900 in 2004 providing services through the Irish language. Detailed information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Breakdown of Expenditure 2002 2003 2004 â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ Training 728 Nil 70 Translation 2,151 88 11,746 Advertising 17 20 135 Bilingual...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Road Traffic Acts provide that a member of the Garda Síochána may require a person in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle to provide a preliminary breath specimen where the vehicle is involved in a road collision or where a garda considers that a road traffic offence has been committed, or where a garda forms the opinion that the person has consumed alcohol. The purpose of...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: CIE submitted an application for a railway order for the Kildare route project on 5 October under the terms of the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001. I have directed that a public inquiry be held into the application and have appointed Mr. Pat Butler SC as inspector to hold the inquiry. The capital cost of the project has been included in Transport 21, the ten-year capital...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: A phased approach to the development of Maynooth suburban services is incorporated in Transport 21, the ten-year transport investment framework announced on 1 November. The city centre resignalling project will be completed in 2009. This will deliver four extra train paths per direction per hour, an increase from 12 to 16, into Connolly Station, which operates at capacity. At least one of...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 443 and 444 together. The director of the Mid-West Regional Authority wrote to me on 24 October 2005 regarding open skies between Ireland and the US in the context of the EU-US aviation negotiations which are ongoing and particularly whether I would carry out an impact study on the effects of open skies. The reply to the director states that I am aware of a...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: I understand that Congressman Smith has tabled an amendment to the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for the Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007, which is under consideration by the Houses of Congress in the US. This amendment calls for an economic impact study on the dual gateway policy. The content of US legislation is a matter for the US Congress. However, several recent reports such as the...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: The audit committee at the Department of Transport is comprised of the following members: (1) John Lawlor, External Member (2) Liam MacLaughlin, External Member (3) Andy Cullen, Department of Transport (4) Pat Mangan, Department of Transport The chairperson is John Lawlor and the audit committee has met on four occasions in the past 12 months. Copies of the agendas follow. Agenda...

Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 447 and 448 together. The economic and social infrastructure operational programme, ESIOP, is one of six main operational programmes in the National Development Plan, Community Support Framework for Ireland 2000-2006. The ESIOP provides for total investment of over €26 billion under the National Development Plan 2000-2006 in six main priorities: national...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: On 2 November 2005, I met a delegation from the midland railway action group accompanied by local representatives and headed by Senator O'Rourke, to discuss the matter of the re-opening of the Athlone to Mullingar railway line. At our meeting it was agreed that the group would revert to me with a detailed proposal supported by a coherent, complementary land use and settlement strategy and...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: Under the decentralisation programme, 200 posts in Bus Éireann are due to transfer to Mitchelstown and 90 posts in the National Roads Authority are due to transfer to Ballinasloe. Up-to-date decentralisation implementation plans are due to be submitted from all agencies by 1 December 2005 and these plans will then be reviewed.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: Under the decentralisation programme, 200 posts in Bus Éireann are due to transfer to Mitchelstown and 90 posts in the National Roads Authority are due to transfer to Ballinasloe. Up-to-date decentralisation implementation plans are due to be submitted from all agencies by 1 December 2005 and these plans will then be reviewed.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: The operation of the penalty points system commenced with effect from 31 October 2002 in respect of speeding offences and was subsequently extended to apply to the offences of driving without insurance, careless driving and offences relating to the non-wearing of seat belts. Since its introduction, more than 265,100 drivers have incurred penalty points. The introduction of penalty points...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Deputy will recall that when I gave the information in November 2003, it was given in conjunction with information about red zones and the public safety zones being proposed by consultants employed by my Department and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The regulation of obstacle surfaces at the approaches to runways is entirely a matter for the Irish...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: The information requested by the Deputy has been obtained from Iarnród Eireann, Dublin Bus and the Railway Procurement Agency and is as follows:

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (8 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: The information requested by the Deputy which has been obtained from Dublin Bus, Iarnród Eireann and the Railway Procurement Agency is as follows: