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Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: I understand that the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) maintains a close working relationship with the Grangegorman Development Agency on the development of Luas Line D. The Chief Executive Officer of the RPA made a presentation to the Board of the Grangegorman Development Agency in May of this year outlining the role that Luas Line D would play in accessibility needs for the planned major...

Written Answers — Motor Vehicle Registration: Motor Vehicle Registration (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The arrangements covering the treatment and notification of write-offs of vehicles are currently being examined by the RSA, the Garda Síochána, the Revenue Commissioners who are responsible for the registration of vehicles and my Department in its role in relation to the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF). This examination will be concluded as soon as possible and any recommendations...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The figure quoted by the Deputy is an estimate by the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland based on the Insurance Industry's claim that 6% of motor vehicles are currently uninsured. Any level of uninsured driving is a matter of concern to me. Several steps have been taken in recent years to reduce the level of uninsured driving. The Garda Traffic Corps has been substantially expanded to improve...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The initiation or alteration of a bus service by Dublin Bus is subject to compliance with the necessary regulatory requirement of giving advance notice to my Department and to compliance with section 25 of the Transport Act, 1958 concerning competition with licensed private operators. My Department wrote to Dublin Bus on 4th October, 2007 in relation to three additional Route 25X departures...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The position in relation to the Integrated Ticketing project was set out in my response to Parliamentary Question Numbers 66 and 109 on 18th October, 2007. Since the inception of the project in 2002 €11.9 million has been spent on the project to date. This expenditure encompasses project management, design and development costs and operator contributions. The Railway Procurement Agency...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The Road Transport Act, 1932 provides the statutory basis for regulating the provision of public bus services by private bus operators in Ireland. Section 11 of that Act establishes provisions relating specifically to the grant of Annual Road Passenger Licences. The criteria for the determination of applications is set out in subsections (3) of that section and provides that:— The service...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The total amount spent by my Department on all office consumables, including paper, in the period January to end of September 2007 was €82,116.43. (Of this amount some €15,407.94 was spent on paper supplies.) With the exception of specialized paper supplies that are occasionally required, the bulk of the paper used by my Department is purchased under the central contract arrangement...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: On the 3rd October, 2007, my Department issued a licence in accordance with the Road Transport Act, 1932 to a private bus operator for bus passenger services between Swords and Custom House Quay, via The Port Tunnel. It is a condition of the licence that the services are in operation in their entirety within 4 months from the date of issue of the licence. While it is a matter for the...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: I am conscious that enforcing penalties for road traffic offences on foreign registered drivers raises many legal, organisational and procedural issues, which make it very difficult for any one State to enforce such penalties. For that reason, my Department is pursuing this question at the European, British/Irish and North/South levels where mutual recognition and cross border enforcement...

Written Answers — Driving Licences: Driving Licences (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006) the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has responsibility for the oversight of the operation of the driver licensing system including the preparation of proposals for draft regulatory provisions relating to driver licensing and testing. At my request the Road Safety Authority has examined the driver...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: My Department proposes to engage with the Office of the Attorney General to establish how the current legislation can be amended to achieve roadside testing of drivers involved in serious accidents subject to overriding medical circumstances. With regard to the introduction of a comprehensive drug roadside testing programme for drivers, the Road Traffic Acts already provide that a member of...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: I would refer the Deputy to Questions Nos. 8, 45 and 71 put to me on Thursday last in this connection. The position is unchanged. As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme element of Transport 21. The implementation of individual national road projects is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Bus Éireann states that the exact numbers carried on these corridors is commercially sensitive. However, the company informs me that passenger numbers have increased by the following percentages: Kells/Navan Corridor passenger numbers have grown by 2% to 3% per annum since 2002. Athboy/Trim Corridor passenger numbers have grown by 3% to 4% per annum since 2002. My Department has also...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: In September 2006 my predecessor announced expenditure of €50 million on 160 (69 additional and 91 replacement) buses for Bus Eireann as part of Transport 21. Another €23 million was approved earlier this year for the purchase of a further 75 replacement buses in 2008. The deployment of the buses are a matter for the company.

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: In 2005/2006 my Department commissioned a unitised port capacity study. Seven ports around the country made submissions as part of that study, including one from Greenore Port. In its submission Greenore Port outlined a proposal to develop the port, including a new quay. Decisions regarding the progress of the proposal are a commercial matter for Greenore Port. My Department has recently...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Transport 21 does not provide for the construction of a rail link between Limerick and Shannon Airport. The feasibility study carried out on behalf of Iarnród Éireann with input from a steering group representative of local interests concluded that the economic case for the rail link is poor. I understand from Iarnród Éireann that the feasibility study indicated there would be significant...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is the lead Department on this issue. Figures for carbon emissions from aviation can be obtained from the following websites:The Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.ieSustainable Energy Ireland: http://www.sei.ie

Written Answers — Airport Security: Airport Security (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: For some time my Department has been in discussions with the U.S authorities on the introduction of full pre-clearance facilities for U.S. bound passengers at Dublin and Shannon Airports. Currently my officials are in contact with a number of other Departments on certain aspects of these discussions. When introduced, the operation of these facilities would be subject to an Inter-Governmental...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Transport 21 provides for the development of a Luas line from St Stephen's Green to Liffey Junction, using the old Broadstone Railway alignment. This is consistent with the long-term transportation strategy for the Greater Dublin Area in the "Dublin Transportation Initiative" (1995) and in the Dublin Transportation Office's strategy "A Platform for Change" (2001), both of which envisaged the...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (23 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The total budget allocation for the Road Safety Authority (RSA) for 2007 was €31,124,000 to cover all matters including RSA safety awareness and educational campaigns. Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No 477 of 2006) it is a matter for the Road Safety Authority to determine how they allocate their expenditure on specific road safety measures.