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- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the current waiting lists for those seeking methadone treatment; the number of clinics now providing this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34673/10]
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (5 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy on the replacement of speech therapists in the context of the moratorium on recruitment; if her attention has been drawn to the gaps in the service resulting from the availability of such a service both in the community and in hospitals in some parts of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34672/10]
- Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (5 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of U.S. troops that have passed through Shannon Airport in each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34443/10]
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (5 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the construction of a new road between Dublin and Derry; the type of road envisaged; the timescale involved; the work that has been carried out to date; the projected cost of the section in the Republic; the contribution required for the Northern Ireland section from the Irish Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will explain the decision to refuse rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if he will reinstate the supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34558/10]
- Regional Airports (6 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of subsidy paid to each of the regional airports by the Government annually; his plans for each of the regional airports in receipt of State subsidy; the number of persons employed at each regional airport; the way he proposes to deal with the partial withdrawal of an airline (details supplied) from Kerry Airport; if he will give a...
- Regional Airports (6 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: I thank the Minister for his reply. The figures on the page he has supplied only refer to the operational subvention and there is no reference to the breakdown of the PSO obligation that is being paid. Perhaps the Minister will distribute those figures as well. I understand that the operational subvention for regional airports amounts to a total of â¬1,696,503 and that the PSO subvention...
- Regional Airports (6 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: Not just the operational figures.
- Regional Airports (6 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: Absolutely. The combined operational subvention, which has been halved to â¬1.6 million from what it was last year, and the PSO amount to less than â¬70 million. This amount will be lost to the Exchequer due to job losses, the contributions the State will have to make and the tax that will be forgone. How will the Minister build that consideration into the equation? My second question...
- Regional Airports (6 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: What about my other supplementary question? I have asked twice about the cost benefit analysis of the â¬70 million in the context of jobs.
- Regional Airports (6 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: The PSO is worth more than â¬350 million.
- Taxi Regulations (6 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport progress on implementing Government policy for ensuring that 10% of the taxi fleet is wheelchair accessible by the end of 2010; the way the new EU Directive 76/115 EEC as amended, requiring new standards for wheelchair accessible vehicles will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35231/10]
- Taxi Regulations (6 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: This is something of a fairytale. A total of 6% of taxis are wheelchair accessible, yet the programme for Government states 100% of taxis will be accessible by the end of 2010. What has happened to that commitment? The taxi regulator is only seeking that 10% of the fleet be wheelchair accessible by the end of the year while the Irish Wheelchair Association is seeking a minimum of 20%. New...
- Taxi Regulations (6 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: No new wheelchair accessible taxis are coming on stream because it costs more than â¬40,000 to meet this requirement. Even though new taxi licences will be limited to such taxis, they are not coming on stream and, therefore, the Minister is not addressing the reality. There is also a requirement that all taxis older than nine years will be scrapped and most wheelchair accessible taxis are...
- Taxi Regulations (6 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: The finances are available.
- Road Haulage Transport (6 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: I thank the Minister for his reply. The statement was made by the president of the Irish Road Haulage Association, Vincent Caulfield. Has the Minister any evidence of an increase in the presence of foreign road hauliers in this country? The Minister may be aware of the figures published by the Central Statistics Office which show a drop of 40% in the road haulage business over the past 12...
- Road Haulage Transport (6 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: The Minister said he does not collate information on foreign hauliers in this country. Will the Minister begin the process of doing so? That would be useful. Will the Minister introduce a scrappage scheme for the older trucks lying idle so that we modernise the fleet? Will the Minister make some concession on the introduction of the working time directive in respect of hauliers?
- National Transport Authority (6 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: The National Transport Authority will be the umbrella quango established by the Minister. The taxi regulator, the National Roads Authority and the aviation authority will all come under its remit. Will the Minister answer for those matters that come under the overarching remit of the National Transport Authority? Will he be prepared to answer questions in the House on those matters? The...
- Departmental Statistics (6 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: The problem is we have a road infrastructure but no trucks are moving on it. The decline in goods transported by 100,000 tonnes is a considerable amount of haulage. A decline of 40% in one 12 month period is enormous, as the CSO statistics reveal. It is not comparing like with like to say that exports increased. That is largely due to foreign direct investment. We are talking about the...
- Departmental Statistics (6 Oct 2010)
Joe Costello: This industry is now floundering. Most of the hauliers who are going out of business are family operations. Their businesses are going into oblivion. What can the Minister do to provide some succour to them in these difficult days? No business sector other than the construction trade has suffered so much.