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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The regulation of the small public service vehicle sector, including the issuing of rural hackney and SPSV licences is a matter for the National Transport Authority under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013. I have referred your question to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Data (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The regulation of the small public service vehicle sector including the issue of rural hackney licences is a matter for the National Transport Authority under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013. I have referred your question to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Data (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The regulation of the small public service vehicle sector including the issue of rural hackney licences is a matter for the National Transport Authority under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013. I have referred your question to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Irish driver licensing law operates within a framework of EU legislation, which sets driver licensing standards for Member States.  As such, we have arrangements for reciprocal exchange of driving licences with all other Member States. In the case of non-EU states, we can establish bilateral agreements on mutual recognition of driving licences.  Reaching these agreements is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Development Projects (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The matter which the Deputy refers to is an operational matter for DAA, which has statutory responsibility for the management, operation and development of Dublin Airport. I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the DAA in order for them to reply directly.  If the Deputy does not receive a reply from the DAA within ten working days, please advise my Private Office.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue raised is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA) and I have referred the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply.  Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue raised is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA), in conjunction with Irish Rail, and I have referred the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply.  Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Data (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The matters referred to by the Deputy relate to statutory functions of the Road Safety Authority.  I have therefore referred the Question to the Authority for direct reply.  I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a response has not been received within ten days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has overall responsibility for the operation, oversight, development, quality assurance and delivery of the National Car Testing Service (NCTS). I have therefore referred this Question to the RSA for direct reply.  I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a response has not been received within ten days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 599 and 604 together. The issues raised are matters for the National Transport Authority (NTA) in conjunction with the transport providers and I have forwarded the Deputy's questions to the NTA for direct reply.  Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry Regulation (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I have no responsibility in this matter.  The hiring practices of private companies are entirely matters for themselves.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Signage (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and  funding in relation to the national roads programme. The construction, improvement and maintenance of individual national roads, is a matter for the National Roads Authority under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned.   The NRA has an established strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Priority Question No 115 which outlined the support the Government has provided to ensure the public transport sector is better placed to address the transport demands of our economic recovery.   At a national level, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger land transport...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 608, 614 and 617 together. The latest CSO figures for overseas visitors to Ireland for the period November 2014 to January 2015 are very strong, confirming growth of +9.1% in overseas visits to Ireland compared to the same period in 2013-2014.  This continues the strong growth trend seen in 2014, when visit numbers increased by almost 9% for the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Hotel Accommodation (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The most recent statistics are for January to September 2014 and show that hotel occupancy has risen by 2% to 65% when compared to the same period in 2013.  Occupancy rates in that period for other forms of accommodation were lower, with the next highest being guesthouses at 63%, Bed and Breakfast at 42%, Hostels at 57%, Self-catering at 48% and Caravan and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I am fully committed to developing a more sustainable transport system with a much greater role for public transport.  While the economic downturn led to the prioritisation of limited resources to protecting existing assets and maintaining safety standards there have been a number of initiatives funded in recent years such as the extension of LUAS, the introduction of the LEAP...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding regarding the national roads programme. The construction, improvement and maintenance of individual national roads is a matter for the National Roads Authority under the Roads Acts in conjunction with the local authorities concerned.   With regard to the Osberstown interchange and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Job Creation (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The mission statement of the Department of Transport Tourism and Sport is to ensure that the transport, tourism and sport sectors make the greatest possible contribution to economic recovery, fiscal consolidation, job creation and social development.  In that regard I have outlined my priorities to 2016 for the transport, tourism and sports sectors on my Department's website.  ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Strategies for improving road safety are set out in the Road Safety Strategy 2013 — 2020, which contains 144 Actions to be implemented by the various agencies involved in order to build on the previous Strategies with the objective of making Ireland among the safest countries for road safety. Aside from the Strategy, the Road Traffic Act 2014 was signed into law by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA). In this regard the NTA is in the process of preparing a new transport strategy for the GDA comprising the counties of Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow covering the period 2015 to 2035. Preparing such a...