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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Responsibility for the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order 1973, as amended, is divided between my Department and the Irish Aviation Authority. My Department is responsible for issuing exemptions from Article 6 of the Order regarding munitions of war and the IAA is responsible for issuing exemptions from Article 7...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Safety (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: ​My Department is not aware of the particular request referred to by the Deputy. In general, the relevant legislation under my remit which applies to such cases is the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Wreck) Act, 1993. Section 52 (1), (3) and (4) of this Act provide powers to a Local Authority to remove and dispose of a wreck where the Authority believes that the wreck...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: ​The improvement and maintenance 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 supplemented by State road grants. While my Department has approved grant funding for the project, implementation is the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: This is a matter for Sport Ireland. I have referred the Deputy's question to Sport Ireland for direct reply. I would ask the Deputy to inform my office if a reply is not received within 10 days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Roads Authority Funding (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: As I outlined to the Deputy in my reply to Question No. 177, reference 39738/15, of 11 November 2015, as Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme.  The planning, design and implementation of individual road projects (including the N7) is a matter for the Transport Infrastructure...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: ​My Department’s plans for the development of the tourism sector have been published and set out in the policy statement "People Place and Policy - Growing Tourism to 2025" and I am currently chairing the Tourism Leadership Group to develop an action plan to implement the policy.  I plan to launch that action plan early in the New Year.   In that regard,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: ​The Capital Plan 2016 - 2022 makes provision for the first phase of a multi-phase DART expansion programme, to include the extension of the DART line to Balbriggan and the design and planning phases of the proposed expansion of DART services to Maynooth in the west and Hazelhatch in the southwest.   A major DART service expansion is also planned for early 2016. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Under the Government's new Capital Plan 'Building on Recovery Infrastructure & Capital Investment 2016-2021, the public transport programme included in the 7 year transport element of the Plan will reach €3.6bn. This will allow for €2.6bn investment to be prioritised for essential 'steady state' maintenance and asset renewal of the public transport system including:...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: ​The matter raised is an operational matter for the Board and management of Fáilte Ireland in the first instance, working with Tourism Ireland, which promotes the island of Ireland as a visitor destination overseas including through its network of overseas offices.   I have referred the matter to Fáilte Ireland and, in relation to activities in overseas...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Data (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: While overall responsibility for publication of statistics lies with the Central Statistics Office, according to the CSO, the number of visits to Ireland for each of the past 5 years were as follows: 2010=6,037,100;  2011=6,505,200; 2012=6,517,200; 2013=6,985,900 and 2014=7,604,400. Latest official data on overseas travel from the CSO shows an increase of 12.8% in overseas visits to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Hotel Accommodation (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: ​According to Fáilte Ireland's most recent accommodation occupancy statistics, for January to September 2015, hotel room occupancy in Dublin stood at 77%, whereas hotel occupancy in the rest of Ireland was 67%. These statistics indicate that the country as a whole has sufficient stock of hotel accommodation to meet the needs of the industry. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 186 to 188, inclusive, together. Research that has been carried out on behalf of the tourism agencies and tourism industry has found that certain market segments have a higher likelihood to select Ireland as a destination. These are categorised as follows: - “Culturally Curious”: Travellers in the over 45 age group taking a holiday with their...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The National Aviation Policy which was published by my Department in August last acknowledges the role played by the regional airports of Donegal, Ireland West Airport Knock, Kerry and Waterford due to a level of international connectivity that they bring to a region for the tourism and business sectors. The Policy confirms that these four airports are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme.  The planning, design and implementation of individual road projects is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) formerly the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 in conjunction with the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Employment (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The Central Statistics Office’s official count of direct employment in ‘Accommodation and food service activities’, a category which includes hotels, restaurants, bars, canteens and catering, was 139,800 in 2014 (7.3% of total employment). This estimate of employment is based on the CSO Household Survey and the jobs identified are defined as ‘the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Passenger Numbers (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the following table. ​ ​2014 2013​ ​2012 ​2011 ​2010 ​​Dublin 21,712,169 20,167,783 ​19,099,649 ​18,740,593 ​18,431,064 Cork ​2,144,476 ​2,258,005 ​2,340,115 ​2,361,947 ​2,425,131 Shannon ​1,639,315 ​1,400,032...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank all the Senators for the different points they have made regarding the amendments before the House. At the outset, I wish to clarify what this Bill is and is not about, and to outline the work that has taken place to date in respect of the Bill and I might offer some context as to how the Government has reached this point with this Bill. Work and consultation regarding national port...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Very well, I will talk about each port but I will talk about Waterford for a moment to make clear it is not the kind of port that will be moving into a local authority structure. I simply wish to emphasise that point. Likewise, while I acknowledge Senator Barrett appreciates this point on some of the ports to which he referred, I wish to make clear regarding the proposals for the Port of...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes, five ports handle 90%, much of which is entirely due to the kind of changes to which Senator Barrett referred, namely, the kind of changes that have taken place in the economy and in markets to which Ireland is exporting or from which it is importing. If one considers the 10% of tonnage that is not handled by the aforementioned top five ports, out of that 10%, 4% is now handled by the...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Senators for their comments. Due to the level of consultation and the degree of work around this policy and this Bill, the national ports policy is in quite a rare position within the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport as being endorsed by both IBEC and ICTU. Senators made reference to the ability of ports to respond to economic opportunities and I could not agree more....