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- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (8 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: The nomination of sites for consideration as UNESCO World Heritage sites is a matter for my colleague the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The position on this matter is as set out in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government's response today to a Question from the Deputy on this subject. As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for...
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (8 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme element of Transport 21. The construction, improvement and maintenance of individual national roads projects, including the M3, is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under section 17 of the Roads Act, 1993, as amended by the Roads Act 2007, in conjunction...
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (8 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: In agreement with the National Roads Authority, I propose, from 1st September 2009, to assign responsibility to the Authority for the management of the State funded regional and local road investment programme. As Minister, I intend however to retain responsibility for policy and the allocation of grants for the programme. Details of the new arrangements will be notified to local...
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: Deputy Durkan should be careful; he might get what he is asking for.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: It is a health and safety issue.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: They have to move because of the construction.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: Does the Deputy want them to fall in on us?
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: I am sure they will send it to him.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: The issue will be considered.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: In a mature democracy, the Government would be allowed to consider the report in the first instance.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: In a mature democracy, the Government considers matters in the first instance. The report will be published but not before the Government has dealt with it.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: Deputy Shatter is ignoring the Chair.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: Deputy Shatter is doing his best to make himself irrelevant.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: We were waiting for Deputy P. J. Sheehan to return from the forest.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputy was not took kind to me either.
- Departmental Expenditure. (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: Planned expenditure levels for my Department will be considered as part of the Estimates and budgetary process for 2010. This will include consideration of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes. It would not be appropriate for me to comment further at this stage pending the outcome of these deliberative processes.
- Departmental Expenditure. (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputy will be aware that we did not make any proposals. We were asked questions about the various programmes. We gave an outline of those programmes and it is up to Mr. McCarthy to make up his mind and make his decision on what he feels might or might not be cut to ensure the levels of expenditure generally across Government are reduced. The Deputy will be aware that we are talking in...
- Departmental Expenditure. (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputy seems to be under some misapprehension as to the process in regard to an bord snip nua. I did not talk to an bord snip nua. I had no contact with it. I was not asked to have any contact with it. An bord snip nua can make whatever recommendations it likes but at the end of the day I will outline my priorities and those of the Government. If programmes are suggested for cuts,...
- Taxi Regulations. (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: Officials of my Department recently met representatives of several different organisations representing taxi interests. They set out the concerns of their members relating to the taxi industry including, in particular, in relation to taxi numbers. The taxi representative bodies were encouraged by the officials to participate fully within the advisory and consultative structures provided for...
- Taxi Regulations. (9 Jul 2009)
Noel Dempsey: It would be helpful if the Deputy knew the structure for the control and regulation of the taxi industry. It would make answering some of his questions a little easier. In addition to that, matters legal and for enforcement are a matter for the Garda as well as the taxi regulators.