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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 developing public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) including Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects. The NTA’s report “Bus Rapid Transit – Core Dublin Network” published in October 2012 identified that while BRT does not have sufficient capacity to serve the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Roads Authority Staff (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: As the subject of this question is a matter in the first instance for the National Roads Authority (NRA), I have referred the Deputy's question to the NRA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Roads Authority Expenditure (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Details of NRA administrative budgets for the period 2010 – 2013 are outlined in the Authority’s annual reports and accounts for the years in question copies of which are available on the NRA website and in the Oireachtas Library. I understand that figures for 2014 and to date in 2015 are available directly from the NRA.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Signage (11 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 10 of the Roads Act 1993 as amended by the Roads Act 2007 provides for the Classification of National, Regional and Local Roads. As part of the 2011 Roads Classification review, a part of the Old National Route 2 (between its junction with R132 at Dorset Street Upper in the city of Dublin and its junction with M50 at Balseskin in the county of Fingal) was re-classified as the R135...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Programme (11 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Details of all Acts enacted since March 2011, and amendments tabled, are published and can be accessed on the website of the Oireachtas (oireachtas.ie).

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (11 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The RSA has overall responsibility for the operation, oversight, development, quality assurance and delivery of vehicle testing arrangements.   I understand from the RSA that pass rates vary, to some degree, across the network, particularly depending on the average age of vehicles tested, their mileage, maintenance and condition of local roads. The level of preparation of vehicles...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Centres (11 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The operation of the driver testing service is the statutory responsibility of the Road Safety Authority, and I have no role in selecting locations for driver testing centres.  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: Road Projects Expenditure (11 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993.Works on such roads are funded from local authorities' own resources supplemented by State road grants.  The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (11 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. In addition, the asset value of the national road stock...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (11 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 (such as the N22), is a matter for the National Roads Authority under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Noting this I have referred the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (11 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue raised is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA) and I have forwarded the Deputy's question 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: Departmental Reports (11 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The most up to date road condition data as requested by Deputy Dooley is available in a pavement condition study of the Regional Road network carried out by Pavement Management Services Ltd. for my Department in 2011/2012. I have arranged for a copy of the Report to be forwarded to the Deputy and to be available on my Department’s website .

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Data (12 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013, including responsibility for the issuing of rural hackney licences. 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: Public Transport Provision (12 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue raised is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA) and I have forwarded the Deputy's question 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: Bus Éireann Services (12 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 298, 300 and 301 together. I refer the Deputy to my reply to Priority Question No. 115 which I answered on the 10th March 2015 (copy below). The issues raised are matters for the National Transport Authority (NTA) and I have forwarded the Deputy's questions to the NTA for direct reply.  Please advise my private office if you do not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Subsidies (12 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue raised is a matter for National Transport Authority (NTA) and I have forwarded 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: Roads Maintenance Funding (12 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Funding for the national, regional and local road network has been reduced significantly across the board in recent years; in 2008 funding was €2.3 billion while funding this year is around €730 million.  Regional and local road allocations in 2015 have seen an overall reduction of 11% on the 2014 start of year figure (this 2014 figure included €50 million in one-off...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legal Costs (12 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The subject matter of this particular question is the responsibility of the Road Safety Authority and I have referred the question to it for direct reply.  I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a reply has not been received within ten days.

Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety Data (24 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Deputy Dooley for raising this matter. I will address each of his points in turn having regard to the very valuable research published today in The Irish Timesby Carl O'Brien. I read it this morning. I will answer some of the questions the Deputy has put to me on the resources available to An Garda Síochána and other bodies concerned with road safety. Before doing so, I...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety Data (24 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes.