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Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28731/09]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (8 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will respond to issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28641/09]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (8 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the applications for funding that have been received from local authorities in County Louth; the dates when applications were received; the status of the applications; the number of house units applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28266/09]

Departmental Expenditure. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Transport the potential and planned spending cuts across his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29661/09]

Departmental Expenditure. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is a poor response. The former Minister for Transport, Deputy Mary O'Rourke, spoke about the an bord snip nua report this morning and said it should be in the public domain. The Minister has been in consultation with an bord snip nua. The Minister should put on record the plans he put before the board.

Departmental Expenditure. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister has not given me any facts. Did the Minister distinguish, in the discussion with an bord snip nua, between capital and current projects? Did he distinguish between national priorities in terms of transport infrastructure? The key point that he and his Department should have made, if they did not make it, is that it was never cheaper to build infrastructure projects than it is...

Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress that has been made in the implementation of the Deloitte report on efficiency reforms in Dublin Bus; the timetable for the implementation of set objectives; his plans to restructure other areas of CIE and Dublin Bus in the immediate future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29662/09]

Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have met with Dublin Bus representatives. I am happy with the way the company resolved its industrial relations issue, and particularly with how it gave priority to new people coming into the company and allowed older people who wished to take voluntary redundancy to do so. In a contracting economy, the situation has worsened for people who need public transport. People cannot afford to...

Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: A sum of €12 million was the estimated cost so far.

Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Deloitte recommendations would save Dublin Bus approximately €2 million per major route. The key point is that new areas of population have no bus service. With its finite resources, Dublin Bus will not be able to provide these services. What attractions is the Minister providing to private companies to come into the market, as was promised ten years ago?

Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: It takes years to get the consent of the Department of Transport and to get a licence.

Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: I can give the Minister a few examples.

Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Absolutely.

Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Transport the indicative completion dates of all planned public transport capital projects; the delays that are currently being experienced by these projects; the status of other public transport capital projects as detailed in Transport 21 but have not yet entered the planning phase or are not subject to contractual obligations; and if he will make a...

Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: The current economic climate is key. Does it mean that all of Transport 21's objectives will be followed through? There has been speculation in the press regarding metro north and west. Will the Minister comment in this regard? Metro north, which everyone present favours, is predicated on a Government decision to proceed. It has not received the final green light. Where there are...

Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes.

Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: This week.

Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister and I agree on the objectives. He stated that the projects without contractual obligations will continue until he must make the decision to say "Yay" or "Nay". What is metro west's position in this regard?

Proposed Legislation. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Will the maximum blood alcohol level recommended by the Road Safety Authority be included in the Bill? Does the Minister intend to have graduated penalties? Existing legislation permits the Minister to make an order to allow those whose blood alcohol levels are less than a certain limit to consent to surrendering their licences immediately and go off the road voluntarily, thus preventing...

Proposed Legislation. (9 Jul 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is right. The Minister has not commenced them.