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Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (21 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 151 of 7 March 2006.

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (21 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: The report from the financial and legal advisers on the Aer Lingus investment transaction was presented jointly to myself and the Minister for Finance and we are considering the recommendations in that report. It is not our intention to publish the report as it contains commercially sensitive information.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (21 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 512 and 516 together. With regard to motorways it is prohibited since 1997 under article 33 of the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 to drive large heavy goods vehicles, a single-deck bus or coach that accommodates more than eight passengers or any vehicle towing a trailer, etc., in the outside lane except where it is necessary to proceed in...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (21 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 64 of 7 March 2006.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (21 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: The information requested by the Deputy on the involvement of drivers disqualified following the accumulation of 12 penalty points in motor accidents is not available. I have asked the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government which holds and administers the national driver file to provide data on the number of drivers disqualified following the accumulation of 12 penalty...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (21 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: As I have stated in reply to the Deputy in February, I regard the provision of a new station house for the Doolin coastal unit as a very high priority. The negotiations with a landowner about a site to which I also referred are still taking place and are at an advanced stage. I cannot elaborate on these negotiations in public at this time but can only reiterate what I have said, namely, that...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (21 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: On 9 March 2006, I announced the commencement of construction of the new docklands rail station. The station will be constructed at a location north of Sheriff Street, adjacent to the east side of the Royal Canal. The station, when operational at end 2007, will cater for additional commuter services on the Maynooth line and, critically, will cater for all services on the proposed Dunboyne...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (21 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I understand from Iarnród Éireann that the tender process for construction of the station has commenced, with a view to beginning construction immediately on receipt of planning permission. The planned construction period is anticipated to be nine months, with the station to be completed by end of March 2007, subject to planning permission being granted in June 2006.

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (21 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: The public inquiry into the Kildare route project was held between 24 January and 2 February 2006. I have not yet received the inspector's report of the inquiry. It is a matter for the inspector as to when he completes and submits his report. I will make a decision on the granting of the railway order after I receive the inspector's report and consider its findings.

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (21 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: The city centre resignalling project, to be funded under Transport 21, is intended to give Irish Rail flexibility to increase frequencies on the Dublin suburban rail network. By upgrading the signalling system, the project will deliver additional train paths per direction per hour in the critical city centre area. Funding has already been provided to Irish Rail to establish a project design...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (21 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: The bus network review was submitted to my Department by Dublin Bus on 2 March 2006. Dublin Bus submitted an application for funding on 20 January 2006 for additional fleet requirements for 2006 and 2007. My Department is examining this application in the context of Transport 21, the future bus needs of the Dublin area and the bus network review. I will make a decision on the application when...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (21 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: The construction of the M50, excluding the toll road and bridge, has been funded by the State with EU assistance totalling €190 million.

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (21 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: The existing regulatory code relating to taxis and other small public service vehicles under the Road Traffic Acts and the Taxi Regulation Act 2003 relates to the licensing and operation of such vehicles, and the licensing of their drivers, and does not extend to the licensing of taxi dispatch companies. The Commission for Taxi Regulation has proposed to my Department an amendment to the Taxi...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (21 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 524 to 526, inclusive, together. The framework at European level in regard to compulsory periodic roadworthiness testing of motor vehicles is set down in EU Directive 96/96/EC. The directive specifies the categories of vehicles liable to testing, the minimum frequency of testing of vehicles, the items that have to be tested and the arrangements for testing....

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (21 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: Section 18 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 imposes a specific requirement on persons not to use a vehicle liable to roadworthiness testing unless it has a valid test certificate. To assist car owners to comply with this requirement, National Car Testing Service Limited, NCTS, contacts car owners in advance of the test due date for their vehicle and provides them with a provisional NCT test...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (21 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: When the Government reached a decision last May on the company's need for access to equity, it decided that the investment should not come from the Exchequer. The Government's strategic aim for Aer Lingus is to ensure the company has access to sufficient resources over the long term to enable it to compete successfully, to develop its business as market opportunities emerge and also to ensure...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (22 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: There are no representations from or requests for meetings with any representatives of the Open Republic Institute in my Department.

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (22 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 192 and 193 together. The new railway station to be constructed by Irish Rail in the docklands will be located on the north side of Sheriff Street and adjacent to the east side of the Royal Canal. This is the site for which Irish Rail has lodged a planning application with Dublin City Council. The station will be conveniently accessed from the Luas stop at...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (22 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: Iarnród Éireann will continue to examine all options for increasing capacity across the suburban rail network. At present, the company has no proposals for the provision of double decker trains on the line serving Clonsilla or elsewhere on the railway network. Capacity on the Maynooth line, which serves Clonsilla, has increased in recent years with the provision of additional rolling stock...

Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (22 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I am informed that in agreement with the Cork Airport Authority, CAA, the Dublin Airport Authority, DAA, has recently appointed BDO Simpson Xavier to assist the CAA in developing its business plan and appropriate financing proposals for the Cork Airport development investment in line with the requirements of the State Airports Act 2004, the provisions of the Companies Acts and the commercial...