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Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: The medical people make that decision on whether a person is fit in the hospital. The Bill proposes to introduce a scheme for the mandatory roadside testing of drivers for substances other than alcohol. The evidential testing in a Garda station for the presence of drugs is already provided for in the Road Traffic Acts. The reason that there is no legislative provision to allow for...

Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: I will finish then. The financial penalties relating to road traffic offences are reviewed on a regular basis. All fines imposed by the courts were increased in the Road Traffic Act 2002, and the Road Traffic Act 2006 includes further significant increases in all fines, which will be commenced shortly. Indeed, the increases imposed are often in excess of the level of inflation to increase...

Written Answers — Private Airports: Private Airports (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: Aviation security at EU airports is governed by EU Regulation 2320/2002 and a series of supplementary implementing regulations. All of the Irish airports with regular commercial flights comply with those regulations. Small airports which only handle private and corporate flying are not required under the EU Regulation to have the extensive security requirements of large airports, such as...

Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Irish Coast Guard of my Department has responsibility for the provision of Ireland's air and sea rescue services. Search and Rescue (SAR) services in Ireland are provided through a combination of Irish Coast Guard Emergency Services and services provided by a number of charitable and voluntary organisations dedicated to SAR. The principal air and sea rescue resources in Ireland are the...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Government Road Safety Strategy 2004-2006 sets a primary target of a 25% reduction in road collision fatalities by the end of 2006 over the average annual number of fatalities in the 1998-2003 period. Achievement of the target would result in no more than 300 deaths per annum by the end of the period of the Strategy. This was always an ambitious target and one that required the continued...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006) the Road Safety Authority has now responsibility for the delivery of the driving test and the issuing of certificates of competency.

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 437 and 438 together. Ryanair announced their intention to make an offer for the issued share capital of Aer Lingus on the 5th October 2006. Ryanair is now required to post a formal offer, which will set out further details, within 28 days. Takeovers of listed companies are subject to regulatory controls – both under takeover rules and competition rules....

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 439 and 456 together. The Chairman of the Integrated Ticketing Project Board submitted the first report of the Board to me on Tuesday 9th October 2006. The Report includes consideration of the issue of the RPA making a financial contribution to both public and private operators towards the cost of purchasing ticketing equipment. I am currently considering...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Government has decided that the regulation of the bus market and future decisions on the allocation of all public subsidies for bus services in the Greater Dublin Area will be taken by the new Dublin Transport Authority, which is being established under legislation, now at an advanced stage of preparation. The DTA will have responsibility for contracting with all operators in the Dublin...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006) the Road Safety Authority has now responsibility for the delivery of the driving test and the issuing of certificates of competency.

Written Answers — Park and Ride Facilities: Park and Ride Facilities (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: The development of public transport park and ride facilities is primarily a matter for transport providers, local authorities and private developers, either separately or in appropriate conjunction. The allocation of funding by my Department to any park and ride project in the Greater Dublin Area will be based on advice from the Dublin Transportation Office. I have no proposals of the type...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: The setting of passenger service charges at airports is the responsibility of the Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR). The Commission published an airport charges determination on 29th September 2005. The Dublin Airport Authority appealed the determination on a number of grounds and as a result I established an aviation appeal panel on the 9th February 2006 under the Aviation...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: Overall responsibility for the planning, design and implementation of individual national road improvement projects, including the Dublin Port Tunnel, is a matter for the National Roads Authority and the relevant local authority concerned, in this case Dublin City Council.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Dublin Airport Authority's pension scheme, the Irish Airlines (General Employees) Superannuation Scheme, is a multi-employer scheme in which Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), Aer Lingus and SRT Technics participate. Pension entitlements for current and former employees in the DAA are primarily matters for the Trustees, the members of the scheme and the companies participating in the scheme.

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: 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 oversight of the operation of the driver licensing and testing system which operates in accordance with the provisions of the EU Directive on driving licences as provided for in the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 1999, as amended.

Written Answers — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: Under the Rights Commissioner's decision "Protection of Employees Fixed Term Work Act 2003," dated 3 February 2005, nineteen Contract Driver Testers were awarded a sum totalling €60,000. These payments were allowed due to breaches under sections 8(2) and 8(4) of the 2003 Act. No legal costs were paid by the Department of Transport in this case.

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: The final accounts and invoices of the advisers, and associated services, retained by the Government for the Aer Lingus IPO are currently being processed. The total cost of such services will be approximately €18 million. The bulk of the total IPO costs relates to fees payable to the underwriters and financial advisers. These fees were capped at 1.9% of gross proceeds of the IPO, which...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: The legislative basis for the application of speed limits on public roads is set out in the Road Traffic Act 2004. The 2004 Act establishes a range of speed limits that apply to particular classes of road on a default basis. It provides that a default speed limit of 100km/h applies to a national road and that a default speed limit of 80km/h applies to rural regional and local roads. The...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006) the Road Safety Authority has now responsibility for the delivery of the driving test and the issuing of certificates of competency.

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (17 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) has made good progress on identifying feasible alignments for Metro West and I understand that the RPA will commence public consultation on the route options shortly. Thereafter, it is expected that a preferred alignment will be identified early in 2007, taking into account the outcome of this stage of public consultation. In line with the timeframes set...