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Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (5 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Aer Lingus is a private company operating in a competitive market. I am advised that the information requested by the Deputy is commercially sensitive and, given the highly competitive environment in which the airline operates, it would not be appropriate for me to publicly disclose such information.

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (5 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Out of a total of 67 recommendations, 46 have been implemented in full, a further 8 have been partially implemented and 7 are being actively progressed as part of the transposition of the 5th EU Directive on Motor Insurance and the new Road Safety Strategy while the balance of recommendations are kept under review.

Written Answers — Dublin Transport Authority: Dublin Transport Authority (5 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Preparation of the necessary legislation is well advanced and I will bring a Memorandum to Government in due course. My overriding priority is to establish as quickly as possible a statutory Authority which will be effective

Written Answers — Dublin Transport Authority: Dublin Transport Authority (5 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Mr. Tom Mulcahy was appointed as Chairman-designate of the proposed Dublin Transport Authority (DTA) in February 2007. He was also appointed Chairman of the Railway Procurement Agency at the same time and reports to me regularly in that capacity. He is paid an annual fee of €24,000 in his capacity as Chairman of the Railway Procurement Agency on the basis of a commitment of 12 days per...

Written Answers — Departmental Procedures: Departmental Procedures (5 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will be forwarded as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (5 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Limerick/Shannon is identified as a Gateway in the National Spatial Strategy, and Shannon Airport has a vital role to play in sustaining and developing the region. My Department has long recognised the importance of improving access to Shannon. Access to Shannon Airport is by road, with a direct spur to the N18 Limerick–Galway road. The N18 is currently being upgraded to give a dual...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (5 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: From 30 March next year, the U.S. transatlantic aviation market will be fully liberalised. From that date U.S. and European airlines will be free to develop and operate transatlantic services on a fully commercial basis, without national restrictions. Experience has shown that the liberalisation of aviation markets results in a greater level of competition among airlines, lower fares and...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: No jobs were taken out. The Deputy should try to tell the truth.

International Agreements: Motion. (6 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion provided by Article 1.11 of the Treaty of Amsterdam to take part in the adoption of the following proposed measure: a proposal for a Council Decision concerning co-operation between Asset Recovery Offices of the Member States in the field of tracing and identification of proceeds from, or other property...

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (6 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: I move the following Supplementary Estimates:

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: With the permission of the House I will share my time with you, Acting Chairman, and Deputy Michael Kennedy. This is my first budget as Minister for Transport and I am delighted to announce such favourable funding news for 2008. More than €3.8 billion is being provided to my Department, which will continue to deliver on the commitments made by the Government to further develop our...

Air Services. (6 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Arrangements to safeguard Heathrow slots are built into the company's memorandum and articles of association of Aer Lingus. The effect of these arrangements, at present, is to provide for the possibility that any disposal of Heathrow slots by the company can be prevented by 30.2% of the votes cast at an extraordinary general meeting. Some 25.2% of the shares in the company are held by the...

Air Services. (6 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: As I said to the Deputy, the appointment of directors will be made in the near future. As I have told him previously, the question of whether the directors had been appointed would not have affected this decision. On the question of what further steps can be taken, that is the only one we can take. Some people seem to have great difficulty getting into their heads the fact that Aer Lingus...

Air Services. (6 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The holding of shares in a company does not give the holder the right to run the company on a day-to day basis. The Government's shareholding does not confer any right to influence commercial operations in the company. It would, therefore, be totally inappropriate for a Government to intervene directly in the commercial decisions of the company. Aer Lingus must now operate in a very...

Driving Tests. (6 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2 and 5 together. Responsibility for driver testing was transferred to the Road Safety Authority in September 2006, under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006. The arrangements for testing, numbers of candidates and licences are therefore a matter for that agency. The new framework for the reform of the provisional licence...

Driving Tests. (6 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: It would suit Deputy Broughan to hold me responsible for something which I did not promise but I am not going down that route with him.

Driving Tests. (6 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Neither am I shifting responsibility to the RSA. The RSA has had responsibility for this since it was set up. On the question about facts and figures which Deputy Broughan requested, I do not make decisions about parliamentary questions, nor do I make the rules up in this regard. If Deputy Broughan wants those facts and figures, I found, even before I came into this job, that the RSA is...

Driving Tests. (6 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: There are long waiting lists——

Driving Tests. (6 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: We do not have a monopoly on guff here. If you give it, I will give it back to you, do not worry.

Driving Tests. (6 Dec 2007)

Noel Dempsey: I would not engage in guff with the Chair.