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Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (3 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount allocated and drawn down in terms of implementation of traffic management systems in the Dublin area over the period 2000 to 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32246/05]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (3 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount allocated to the development of mainline rail over the period 2000 to 2006; the total amount drawn down to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32247/05]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (3 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount which has been allocated to national public transport, excluding mainline rail, over the period 2000 to 2006; the amount which has been drawn down to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32248/05]

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (3 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department remains committed to the development of a Luas line from Shanganagh-Swords via Finglas, Blanchardstown and Clondalkin to Tallaght and a second Luas line from Citywest to the city centre via Tallaght and Kimmage as set out in both the national development plan and the DTO's Platform for Change; if so, when work will commence on...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (3 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of capacity which will be delivered as a result of the DART upgrade; when this upgrade work will be fully completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32250/05]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (3 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Transport the expected increase in passenger capacity, in numeric and percentage terms, of Dublin Bus over the period 2000-06; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32251/05]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (3 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of investment promised to Dublin Bus under the national development plan; the amount allocated and drawn down by Dublin Bus to date in 2005; the amount of investment expected to be spent by Dublin Bus by the end of the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32252/05]

Physical Education Facilities. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants available to primary schools to purchase physical education equipment; the moneys allocated under any such grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32702/05]

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting: —that 323 persons have been killed on our roads in the first ten months of 2005; —the number of persons killed or seriously injured on our roads in the first ten months of 2005, is now higher than for the same period in 2004; —that the number of fatalities last month was almost double that for October 2004; —that the Government is failing to...

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. This time last year, Fine Gael used its Private Members' time for much the same reason. I refer to the relentless upward curve in the number of road traffic accidents, the increase in the number of people killed, particularly young drivers and their passengers and the growth in the number of serious accidents. We tend to pay less attention to the injuries than to...

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: The Government has been in office for eight years.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Deaths per thousand of population is the key statistic.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: So good that the Government replaced him.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I rest my case.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Why did the Government replace Mr. Shaw?

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Perhaps the Minister could set it up.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I saw the Deputy in Dundrum on Sunday.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I saw Deputy O'Connor in Dundrum on Sunday. I am beginning to worry.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Do the Deputy's constituents know he has left Tallaght?

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (8 Nov 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if candidates for posts in the VEC sector, who claim relevant qualification for any given post, are subject to having their qualifications examined or scrutinised prior to appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32792/05]