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Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The amount of money spent by my Department on advertising, which includes public information notices and official notices in national newspapers each year since June 2002 when this Department was established, is outlined in the table. Official notices and advertisements are placed through Brindley Advertising, which has the Government contract. Year Amount paid Newspaper 2002...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The primary immediate investigative role in relation to road accidents is vested in the Garda Síochána. Priority in such an investigation must be given to the determination of the causes of road accidents including, where appropriate, road construction or surface standards, and in particular whether a breach of the road traffic laws contributed to the occurrence. The Garda Síochána is the...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The National Safety Council is the agency mandated with responsibility for road safety advertising and education. The council is currently in the process of developing road safety leaflets in eight languages. The leaflets will be distributed widely throughout the relevant communities. They will also be made available to the Garda for distribution as it sees fit. Furthermore, the council is...

Written Answers — Money Laundering: Money Laundering (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: It is understood from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform that the main provisions in Irish law relating to Money Laundering are set out in section 31 of the Criminal Justice Act 1994 — as amended by section 21 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 — sections 32 and 57 of the Criminal Justice Act 1994 and section 23 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and...

Written Answers — Driver Testing: Driver Testing (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The competition in question is being managed by the Public Appointments Service and I am not in a position to provide details of the competition process. Driver testers have not yet been appointed as a result of the process but I expect that ten will be appointed and undertaking tests by the summer. I have passed the Deputy's response on to the Public Appointments Service for direct reply.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Accidents: Road Traffic Accidents (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: Statistics relating to road accidents, based on information provided by the Garda Síochána, are published by the National Roads Authority in its annual road accident facts reports. The most recent report, now entitled "Road Collision Facts", relates to 2004 and is available in the Oireachtas Library and on the NRA website. Statistics relating to 2005 and 2006 have not yet been fully...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The National Safety Council, as the agency mandated with responsibility for road safety education and information, operates a dedicated penalty point website. I understand that the website is currently being redesigned and updated in the context of the changes pending on road safety issues and policy. The website will be operational again shortly.

Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The protected areas the Deputy refers to, and mentioned in the earlier question in 2004, were put in place by orders made under section 14 of the Air Navigation and Transport Act 1950. The orders in question were made between 1988 and 1993, and relate to circular protected areas of 300 metres radius from the IAA's DVOR-DME equipment at Rowlestown West, County Dublin, Kilgarriff West,...

Written Answers — Regional Airports: Regional Airports (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The passenger numbers and the number of aircraft movements at the regional airports in 2005, based on figures supplied by the regional airports, are as follows: Passenger Numbers Aircraft Movements Kerry 382,678 5,002 Galway 253,309 6,635 Sligo 39,593 1,414 Donegal 47,776 1,346 Knock 530,084 8,617 Waterford 74,357 1,757

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The number of transport officers serving in the Department during the years in question is set out in the following table. Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Number Serving 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 Transport officers are responsible for the enforcement of national and EU rules governing drivers' hours and working time for mobile road transport workers. Transport officers also...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The scheduling of timetables is a day-to-day operational matter for the CIE companies and, in the case of Luas, the RPA. CIE and its subsidiary companies and the RPA, in line with their statutory mandate and the Government's commitment to an integrated transport system, seek to ensure that services are integrated and aligned to complement each other and to best meet customer needs. There are...

Written Answers — Haulage Industry: Haulage Industry (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 322 and 325 together. All goods vehicles are liable to roadworthiness testing when they are one year old and every year thereafter. Testing is carried out by authorised testers appointed by city and county councils. The items to be tested, the method of testing and the reasons for refusal of a certificate of roadworthiness are set down in vehicle test manuals...

Written Answers — Haulage Industry: Haulage Industry (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The current number of licence applications on hand in the road transport operator licensing division of the Department of Transport is 92. Once an application is submitted with the necessary supporting documentation in order, it can normally be processed within ten working days. At the present time, it is taking an extra day or so to process applications. The number of applications for...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: Transport officers from the Department of Transport are responsible for enforcing drivers' hours and licensing rules governing road haulage operators. These rules are also enforced by the Garda. Both haulage operators and drivers are liable to prosecution where breaches of drivers' hours rules are detected. However, in the case of breaches of the operator licensing rules it is only the...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: On 20 January 2006 Dublin Bus submitted an application for funding to me for additional fleet requirements. I will make a decision on this application when the assessment of the application by my Department has been completed. In modernising the regulatory framework governing public transport, there is a need to ensure that proposals in that regard are coherent with the institutional...

Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 327 and 328 together. The appointments referred to by the Deputy are operational matters for the Dublin Airport Authority plc, DAA, Cork Airport Authority plc, CAA, and Shannon Airport Authority plc, SAA, and I have no statutory functions in relation to them. However, I am informed that in agreement with the CAA the DAA has recently appointed BDO Simpson...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 329 to 332, inclusive, together. The Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 prohibit the use of a hand-held mobile phone while driving a motor vehicle. Under the Road Traffic Act 2002 these regulations are included in a schedule of enactments for which penalty points may be applied in the event of a...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The term "obstruction" in the phrase "except where it is necessary to proceed in that lane due to an obstruction or because another lane or lanes is or are for the time being closed to traffic" that I used in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 14 February 2006 is a direct quote from the provisions of article 33 of the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997, SI 182 of...

Written Answers — Dublin Port Tunnel: Dublin Port Tunnel (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The planning, design and implementation of national road improvement projects, including the Dublin Port tunnel, is a matter for the National Roads Authority, NRA, and the local authorities concerned, in this case, Dublin City Council. I understand from the NRA that dealing with water infiltration during the construction phase is part and parcel of the process of building any tunnel that...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (28 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: My Department chaired a steering group overseeing a cross-departmental review of road safety expenditure which examined expenditure incurred over the lifetime of the first road safety strategy, 1998-2002. This review seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of all public spending on road safety and to establish the impact of road safety performance on other areas, such as health and emergency...