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Written Answers — Emergency Management Plan: Emergency Management Plan (21 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: Dublin Port Company has storage capacity for approximately three hundred thousand tons of oil. The volume on site can vary on any given day. The port does not accept chemicals in bulk and has advised that there are adequate procedures in place for the transportation of hazardous chemicals through the Port. Dublin Port currently has in place an Emergency Management Plan. This plan is...

Written Answers — Marine Safety: Marine Safety (21 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has implemented, in consultation with the fishing industry, a comprehensive safety regime for all fishing vessels. The safety standards applied are in line with International practice and deal with and all aspects of fishing vessel safety. Specifically, it requires all fishing vessels to carry an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Collisions: Road Traffic Collisions (21 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: Collection and dissemination of statistics in relation to motor accidents and the incidence of the influence of alcohol and drugs is a matter for the Road Safety Authority (RSA). I have requested the RSA to respond to the specific aspect of the Deputy's question. If you have not received a response within ten days, please contact my office.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Collisions: Road Traffic Collisions (21 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: Arising from the commencement of all provisions of the Road Traffic Act 2011 on 1 June 2011, it is now mandatory for a member of An Garda Síochána to test for the presence of alcohol where a driver has been involved in a road traffic collision where injury has been caused. Under the same commencement order, Statutory Instrument No. 253 of 2011, mandatory breath testing now also applies...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (21 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 425 and 426 together. My Department was established in its present form on 1 April 2011. Previous to that the functions were undertaken by the Department of Transport and the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport. The estimates and expenditure relating to these functions is set out in two publications - the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Service...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (21 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: The distribution of the proceeds of the National Lottery is the responsibility of the Minister for Finance. A sum of €33m is being provided in the Estimates for grants for sporting bodies and the provision of sports and recreational facilities. This is part funded by the National Lottery, but the annual Estimates do not include a breakdown of the subhead between National Lottery and...

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (21 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: The number of written and oral questions submitted to me and the number of these referred to another agency or Department for reply for the period 9 March 2011 to 9 June 2011 are detailed in the following table. Date Number of Written PQs Number of Oral PQs Referred to Agency or another Department 22/03/2011 11 2 23/03/2011 2 1 24/03/2011 3 1 29/03/2011 7 3 31/03/2011 4 1 05/04/2011...

Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (21 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: I refer the Deputy to PQ 477 answered on Wednesday, 12th January 2011, as follows: Details of publicly facing websites provided by my Department, approximate annual costs and averaged amount of unique site visits per month can be found in the following table. Website Site Reference Number of unique visits per month (approx) Annual Cost (inc VAT) Department of Transport transport.ie...

Written Answers — Ministerial Meetings: Ministerial Meetings (21 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: I wish to advise the Deputy that all requests I receive for meetings are considered in the context of their relevance to me as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and on my diary availability. It should be noted that my private office has not received such a request from the 16 Moore Street Committee since my appointment.

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (21 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: The subject matter of this question, which relates to the operation of the driver testing service, is a matter for the Road Safety Authority, and I have referred the question to them for direct reply. I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a reply has not been received within ten days.

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (21 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. The planning, design and implementation of individual national roads projects are matters for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Noting the above position, I have referred the...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (21 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: The subject of this question, i.e. management of driver testing, is the responsibility of the Road Safety Authority, and I have referred the question to them for direct reply. I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a reply has not been received within ten days.

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (21 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. Following the establishment of the National Transport Authority (NTA) on December 2009, the implementation and development of infrastructure projects in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), including detailed funding arrangements, such as Phase 1 of the Navan Rail...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (21 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: The issue raised is an operational matter for Iarnród Éireann. I have referred the Deputy's question to the company for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (22 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: The matter raised is an operational one for Tourism Ireland Limited as the body responsible for promoting the island of Ireland as a visitor destination overseas. I have referred the Deputy's Question to Tourism Ireland for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (22 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: 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. Noting this I have referred the Deputy's question to the NRA...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: Under the Good Friday Agreement, North/South tourism co-ordination is supported full time within my Department by 1 Principal Officer, 1 Assistant Principal and 1 Higher Executive Officer with oversight by the appropriate Assistant Secretary. Tourism Ireland is the only North South body under the aegis of my Department and the staffing support for co-ordination functions is in addition to the...

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (23 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: As outlined in my reply to the Deputy on 24 May 2011, the Irish Sports Council (ISC), which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body responsible for the promotion, development and coordination of sport which includes statutory responsibility for the recognition of sporting organisations as National Governing Bodies of sport and allocation of funding to same. The ISC was established...

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (23 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: The maintenance and improvement 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 those roads are funded from local authorities own resources and are supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of projects to be funded is also a matter for the...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (28 Jun 2011)

Leo Varadkar: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006) the Road Safety Authority has responsibility for the delivery of the National Car Test. The RSA has overall responsibility for the operation, oversight, development, quality assurance and delivery of vehicle testing arrangements. The testing function is carried out by Applus+, since January...