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Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The Limerick-Shannon gateway has had this access in the past, as have Dublin and Cork, but other gateways have made considerable progress without this advantage. Galway, the dearly beloved city of Deputy Higgins, has been significantly more successful than Limerick-Shannon at attracting inward investment since the upturn of the economy in the early 1990s.

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Noel Dempsey: While connectivity is important, it is only one part of a region's appeal to potential investors.

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Limerick-Shannon retains significant strengths, including a strong third level education infrastructure which is well connected to business, a long tradition of dealing with multinational companies——

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Noel Dempsey: ——and better, albeit reduced, air connectivity than most other gateways. The senior officials group has reported that some annoyance was expressed at their meeting with the Atlantic Connectivity Alliance about allegations that the consequences of the loss of the Heathrow route was being exaggerated.

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Noel Dempsey: I have been accused in the House of saying that everybody who spoke on the matter exaggerated, but that is nottrue.

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The Fine Gael chairman of a local authority in the area mentioned the fact that this would cause the loss of 100,000 jobs in the area. I made my statement because people should not exaggerate matters to the detriment of the region.

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Noel Dempsey: On the public service obligation, it is not open to the State to acquire slots at Heathrow as has been suggested.

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Noel Dempsey: It has been suggested that the designation of public service obligation routes on regional development grounds could be explored under the relevant EU regulation. The Government has done this. A State subvention for a PSO Shannon-Heathrow air service would be difficult to justify for a number of reasons, not least because other airports would seek similar provision.

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Not on commercial routes. Aviation constitutes a liberalised competitive market and there is no evidence of significant market failure in the provision of air services to the State airports, including Shannon.

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Indeed, Shannon has shown significant traffic growth and route development in the recent past. New services may emerge to avail of the opportunities arising from the ending of the Aer Lingus service. Ryanair currently provides connectivity to Gatwickand Stansted and, from winter 2007, Luton Airport.

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Noel Dempsey: These airports are all in London.

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Shannon Airport has already launched a new incentive scheme to enhance general connections to significant hub airports and this commercial approach to route development should be, and is being, encouraged by the Government.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (27 Sep 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The legislative provisions in relation to the testing of drivers for alcohol at the scene of road traffic collisions are currently under review within my Department. At the same time my Department, in association with the Medical Bureau of Road Safety (MBRS) and the Road Safety Authority are keeping under review the development of technology internationally for roadside testing for drugs....

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (27 Sep 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The provision of non-national roads, including bridges, in its area is a function of the relevant road authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants. Clare, Limerick and North Tipperary County Councils have undertaken the development of a proposal for a new Shannon Crossing. Clare County Council is the lead authority for the project. From 2004 to the end of 2006,...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (27 Sep 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The safeguards put in place at the time of the IPO against disposal of slots, as outlined in the reply to parliamentary Question No. 93 of 3 April 2007, relate only to the sale of slots and/or transfer of slots between airlines and do not apply to the re-allocation of slot pairs to new or existing bases. The slot protection mechanism set out in the Articles of Association was agreed with the...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (27 Sep 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The consensus of public authorities concerned with road safety has been that the wearing of helmets by cyclists is best promoted on a voluntary basis by way of educational and publicity campaigns as opposed to going down the regulation route of compelling compulsory use. Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No 477 of 2006) the Road Safety...

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (2 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The Bremore proposal is in line with established ports policy. Subject to the necessary further feasibility, commercial and regulatory work, it also presents a unique opportunity to provide significant additional port capacity in a prime location on the east coast. It is intended to develop the new facility in a number of phases. The actual capacity of the first phase will be determined by...

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (2 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 282 and 284 together. An Bord Pleanála's Strategic Infrastructure Division has responsibility for implementation of the provisions of the Strategic Infrastructure Act 2006. Dublin City Council is the local authority for Dublin City and, as the Deputy indicates, my Department has responsibility for national ports policy. Last week, Dublin City Council...

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (2 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: In 2005/06 UK consultants, Fisher Associates, in conjunction with the Department carried out a port capacity study. This report was delivered to the Department in June 2006. Seven ports made detailed submissions regarding their proposals for increasing unitised capacity. In October 2006, the Department published an Information Paper outlining the broad conclusions of the study, which is...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (2 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: I presume that the Deputy is referring to air services operated between Dublin and the regional airports on foot of a Public Service Obligation under my Department's Essential Air Services Programme. The requested information is set out in the table. PSO air services 2006 Services Expenditure Passenger Numbers € Donegal & Sligo* 5,157,686 74,943 Derry & Knock* 4,283,291 43,092...