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Written Answers — Road Maintenance: Road Maintenance (18 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: In the past few days my Department received a preliminary estimate of the cost of damage caused by the severe weather event of 28th June last. The communication stresses that the figures supplied are estimates and may not be complete. The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads in its area, is a statutory function of each road authority in accordance with the provisions of...

Written Answers — Sporting Organisations: Sporting Organisations (18 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: Swim Ireland and the Olympic Council of Ireland are independent, autonomous bodies. The Irish Sports Council, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body for the promotion, development and co-ordination of sport, which includes responsibility for dealing with the recognised sporting organisations and the allocation of funding to same. I am informed by the Irish Sports Council...

Written Answers — Ministerial Advisers: Ministerial Advisers (18 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 392 and 393 together. Two political advisers or Special Advisers are employed in my Department. The number of such advisers employed during each year of my predecessor's term of office is as follows: 2007: 3 2008: 3 2009: 3 2010: 3 2011 (to March): 3 It should be noted that for 2010 and 2011, these figures include a Special Adviser to a Minister of State....

Written Answers — Road Maintenance: Road Maintenance (18 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. The maintenance of individual national roads is a matter for the National Roads Authority under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 working in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Similarly the improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (18 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: In accordance with EU regulations, my Department provides subvention for the provision of scheduled air services on the Public Service Obligation (PSO) route between Donegal and Dublin. The contract, which was awarded following an EU public tendering process, is for the three year period commencing on 3 November 2011. Consideration of any new contract which may be entered into when the...

Written Answers — Road Maintenance: Road Maintenance (19 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads in its area, is a statutory function of each road authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act, 1993. Works on such roads are a matter for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State road grants. Details of state funding provided to local authorities for...

Written Answers — James Joyce Tower: James Joyce Tower (19 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The James Joyce Tower and Museum was operated by Dublin Tourism up to 2011 but now falls within the area of responsibility of Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have asked the agency to reply directly to the Deputy. If you do not receive a reply within ten working days, please contact my private office. However, I understand from Fáilte Ireland that the tower and museum was open through...

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (19 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: An all-island tourism promotion and marketing strategy already exists. Tourism Ireland is the all-island tourism marketing company established under the Good Friday Agreement by the then Bord Fáilte and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB). Therefore the issue of potential savings does not arise.

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (19 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: I should like to congratulate the club on qualifying for the UEFA Champions League and I wish them every success in the competition. The Irish Sports Council (ISC), which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the allocation of current funding to sports organisations. The ISC channels funding through the National Governing Bodies of sport. In the case of...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (19 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. Following the establishment of the National Transport Authority (NTA) in December 2009, the implementation and development of infrastructure projects in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), such as LUAS BXD, comes under the remit of the NTA. The allocation for BXD for...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 811 and 812 together. There are currently 18 individuals in my Department who receive gross salaries in excess of €100,000 per annum. When pension levy, tax and other statutory deductions are taken into account, the net sum received by each individual is less than €100,000. If wages were to be capped at €100,000 per annum the reduction on gross salary...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The table indicates the number of mobile telephones that were purchased for staff and the corresponding number of staff these phones were allocated to, during the periods in questions. These figures include replacement phones that were sought, the majority of which are free under the Framework agreement as negotiated by the Department of Public Enterprise and Reform. Staff members that have...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The amount spent on furniture is set out in the following table: YEAR AMOUNT 2010 €70,722 2011 €56,630 2012 Nil The furniture was purchased for newly refurbished accommodation for the Irish Coastguard and for the National Transport Accident Investigation Office in Dublin.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport reimburses staff for official travel only. The Travel and Subsistence allowances are paid only in respect of necessary absence from headquarters. All travelling duties must be planned in order to reduce the total amount of travel to the minimum consistent with efficiency. This is enshrined in the Departments Travel policy document which reflects...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The approximate cost of office machinery for each of the years 2009 through 2012 to date are given in the table: Year Approximate Amount 2009 €145,000 2010 € 69,000 2011 €135,000 2012 to date € 21,000

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The amounts spent on foreign travel undertaken by staff in my Department over the last three years is as follows: 2011 € 350,960 2010 € 352,527 2009 € 305,168

Written Answers — Road Toll Operators: Road Toll Operators (19 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The statutory power to levy tolls on national roads, to make toll bye-laws and to enter into toll agreements with private investors in respect of national roads is vested in the National Roads Authority (NRA) under Part V of the Roads Act 1993 (as amended by the Planning and Development Act 2000 and the Roads Act 2007). Noting the above position, I have referred the Deputy's Question to the...

Written Answers — Road Toll Operators: Road Toll Operators (19 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. The implementation of individual national road schemes, including Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects, is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Acts 1993-2007. In addition, the statutory power to levy tolls on...

Written Answers — Programme for Government: Programme for Government (19 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: My priorities are set out on the home page of my Department's website (www.transport.ie), in my Department's published Statement of Strategy and in a Press Statement of January 2012 which is available on my Department's website (http://www.dttas.ie/pressRelease.aspx?Id=481 ). The achievements of the Government are set out in the Programme for Government: Annual Report 2012. I set out more...

Written Answers — Road Maintenance: Road Maintenance (19 Jul 2012)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. The construction, improvement and maintenance of individual national roads are matters for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Noting this I have referred the Deputy's question to the...