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Written Answers — Parking Facilities: Parking Facilities (15 Dec 2005)

Martin Cullen: I regard the provision of adequate park and ride facilities at appropriate locations as a vital component in achieving the goal of attracting more people onto public transport. Earlier this year, my Department approved a strategy for rail-based park and ride facilities for the greater Dublin area prepared by the Dublin Transportation Office. We have included a financial provision for park and...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (15 Dec 2005)

Martin Cullen: Neither the Department of Transport nor Aer Rianta, now the Dublin Airport Authority, have had discussions with Weston aerodrome regarding the issue of air traffic control at the aerodrome, nor are there plans to have such discussions. Air traffic control is the responsibility of the Irish Aviation Authority and I have no function in the matter.

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (15 Dec 2005)

Martin Cullen: Funding for the Dublin to Navan rail line is provided for under Transport 21. The line will be developed in two phases and the first phase will involve a spur off the western line at Clonsilla to Pace, beyond Dunboyne. Iarnród Éireann has already completed a feasibility study for this phase and design and planning work will be undertaken in 2006. Further studies will be required with regard...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (15 Dec 2005)

Martin Cullen: Details of funding in the 2006 Estimates for non-commercial agencies under the auspices of the Department, covering their administration and staff costs, are set out in the table below. Agency Total admin, incl. pay Pay No. of staff â'¬000s â'¬000s Dublin Transportation Office 1,082 617 28 National Safety Council 4,848 711 11 Medical Bureau of Road Safety 2,142...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (15 Dec 2005)

Martin Cullen: There are no posts in this Department which have legal expertise as a requirement and as a consequence, there are no vacancies. Some staff members have legal expertise but it is not a normal requirement.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (15 Dec 2005)

Martin Cullen: I understand that the Department of Education and Science, in conjunction with Bus Éireann, initiated a school bus flashing lights pilot scheme in Ennis in January of this year. Consideration of the creation of a road traffic offence of the kind suggested by the Deputy will be informed by the outcome and evaluation of these pilot measures.

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (15 Dec 2005)

Martin Cullen: Transport 21 includes a Luas line from Lucan to the city centre. This line is scheduled for completion in 2013. The detailed planning work, public consultation and the statutory approval process will determine the precise route that the Luas line will take.

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (15 Dec 2005)

Martin Cullen: Transport 21 includes a metro line — metro west — linking Tallaght with Clondalkin, Blanchardstown and Ballymun. It is expected that metro west will be completed in phases between 2010 and 2014. The detailed planning work, public consultation and the statutory approval process will determine the precise route that the metro line will take.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (15 Dec 2005)

Martin Cullen: At the launch of Transport 21, I announced that, in response to a request from Dublin Bus, I had approved funding for 20 additional buses in 2005. The buses had been ordered as part of Dublin Bus's replacement programme but, in order to provide increased capacity at the earliest possible date, the 20 buses will now become additions to the Dublin Bus fleet. The deployment of buses is a...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (15 Dec 2005)

Martin Cullen: In recent years, the Government has significantly increased the subvention paid to Dublin Bus from €8.8 million in 1997 to €64.9 million in 2005, an increase of 637%. In 2006, the subvention to CIE will increase by a further 5%. In addition to this 5% increase, a further €1.7 million will be allocated to Dublin Bus in 2006 to operate the 20 additional buses for which I gave approval...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (15 Dec 2005)

Martin Cullen: I refer to the reply to Question No. 302 of 13 December 2005. It is a requirement for the registration and entry-into-service of new cars in the European Union that they have EU whole vehicle type approval, EU-WVTA. In order to receive EU-WVTA, a car must meet the technical specifications for a range of items, including the glazing and the field of vision of drivers, which are set down in a...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: The question of the adoption of changes in the circumstances where the driver of a vehicle can be made the subject of a preliminary roadside breath test has been the subject of considerable debate and consideration for some time. The current road safety strategy recommends that the introduction of random breath testing should be pursued within its operational time frame of 2004 to 2006....

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: Land leases at Dublin Port are an operational matter for the port company concerned. Dublin Port Company has expressed a view to the Department that the application of the provisions of the Landlord and Tenants Acts to the port companies operating under the Harbours Acts 1996 and 2000 is not appropriate to the management of the port estates. The Maritime Safety Act 2005 added the port...

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 830 and 867 together. In January 2005, the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources launched the Government's Ports Policy Statement. The policy statement aims to better equip the port sector and its stakeholders to meet national and regional capacity and service needs. One of the key challenges that lies ahead is the provision of adequate...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Government's Ports Policy Statement was launched on 6 January 2005. In the chapter on integrated transport policy, the policy statement highlights the substantial role of the commercial ports as part of the overall transport network and their reliance on landside transport connectivity. In this context the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources asked the ports to...

Written Answers — Transport Policy: Transport Policy (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 832 and 871 together. All projects and programmes provided for in Transport 21 will be subject to the Department of Finance Guidelines for the Appraisal and Management of Capital Expenditure and to the value for money initiatives set out by the Minister for Finance in October 2005. Under the guidelines, responsibility for carrying out the required appraisals...

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 empower local authorities, the Irish Wheelchair Association and the Disabled Drivers Association, to grant a disabled person's parking permit where they are 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. It is a matter for each of the...

Written Answers — Coastal Protection: Coastal Protection (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Irish Coast Guard has commissioned independent consultants Farrell Grant Sparks to undertake a review of the coastal units, and this work is currently under way. It had been hoped to have the review completed by end of 2005 but the compilation of certain statistical data has taken longer than anticipated. It is now expected that the consultant's report will be completed by end of February...

Written Answers — Coastal Protection: Coastal Protection (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 835 and 836 together. All of the 54 Irish Coast Guard units, including Ballycotton, are considered under the ten year Irish Coast Guard building programme which is managed by the Office of Public Works, OPW. While a feasibility study of a site for a station house in Ballycotton has been undertaken it is proposed to consider the development of a station house...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: A total of 47 staff members from the Irish Coast Guard and the Maritime Safety Directorate of my Department are due to transfer to Drogheda as part of the Government's decentralisation programme. Some 17 formal offers to transfer to Drogheda have issued to applicants under the central application facility, CAF, to date, nine of whom have accepted, and four have rejected their offers. Seven of...