Results 6,481-6,500 of 11,242 for speaker:Noel Dempsey

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: There is no legislation promised.

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I will be on Question Time later this afternoon. The Deputy can ask me then.

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I will send the Deputy the address and he can write to the Road Safety Authority directly.

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The only commiseration is I still have to face Deputy Broughan.

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: Deputy Sheehan will definitely be in order.

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: Her designer wellington boots.

Road Safety. (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The Road Safety Strategy 2007-2012, approved by the Government in October 2007, identifies the need to legislate for and introduce a reduction in the legal blood-alcohol content, BAC, for drivers but does not specify what that level should be. In determining what the BAC limit should be reduced to the advice of the Road Safety Authority, RSA, was sought. The RSA's recommendations have been...

Road Safety. (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The Government has accepted the road safety strategy and this means the blood-alcohol content limit will be reduced. I brought the report to Cabinet last week to inform the Government of the recommendations and to allow me to publish it as I received it from the RSA. The Government has made no decision on whether it will accept the recommendations on the blood-alcohol content limits. I was...

Road Safety. (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: No decision has been made on the recommendations, other than to publish the report and for me to draft legislation on the basis of it. A decision will then be made by the Government on the basis of the completed legislation.

Road Safety. (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The Government has neither accepted nor rejected the recommendations.

Road Safety. (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I am just answering the Deputy's question.

Road Safety. (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I will not give the Deputy the opportunity to twist this. The recommendations have been noted by the Government.

Road Safety. (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The Deputy seeks a softer penalty regime for people with a blood-alcohol content of between 80 milligrams and 100 milligrams, despite the fact——

Road Safety. (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I know it is in the legislation but I did not bring it in.

Road Safety. (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: That section of the Bill has not commenced.

Road Safety. (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The Deputy sought a fair chance to speak. It has not commenced because I do not believe that it is the best way to proceed at the moment. It could give a signal that we are going soft on drink driving involving people with a blood-alcohol content of between 80 milligrams and 100 milligrams. The Deputy's proposal that we introduce this measure would convey the impression that we are going...

Road Safety. (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: It has not commenced.

Road Safety. (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: Talk about waffling. Does the Deputy want reduced penalties or increased penalties?

Traffic Management. (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: A number of major infrastructure projects, planned under Transport 21 for the period to 2015, will have a major impact on Dublin city centre. These include metro north, the rail interconnector and the cross-city and Lucan Luas lines. There will also be other major construction activity during the same period, including the renewal of water and electricity services and a number of large...

Traffic Management. (8 May 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I inform the public and I get attacked by the Deputy. I have an Opposition spokesperson who is meant to know all Transport 21 and is supposed to mark me in the House and yet he knows nothing about it. I do not know how he is winning. Deputy Broughan should come over to the Department of Transport and we will give him a thorough briefing on it.