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State Airports. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Is the Deputy proposing to sell it?

State Airports. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Perhaps the Deputy will suggest disbanding the Army? Has he any other proposal?

State Airports. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: On a serious point, I heard the suggestion about standing on airplanes some days ago. I had not been aware of it and all I could do was laugh. I am still laughing. With regard to security, there are rules and regulations stipulating what baggage one can bring to certain points in airports. These will be, and must be, enforced strictly.

State Airports. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: It is not the practice to comment on specific security measures that are in place or which might be implemented at any of the State's airports. As I stated to Deputy Broughan, passengers are not permitted to carry certain articles into security-restricted areas or the cabin of the aircraft. Obviously some such articles are permitted in checked-in, hold-destined bags. Any change to current...

Proposed Legislation. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7, 24, 35 and 64 together. In my reply to Question No. 5, I outlined the provisions on blood alcohol concentration and mandatory testing that will be included in the road traffic Bill, which is nearing completion. Clearly, I cannot at this stage specify when the new regime will come into place as the passage of the legislation will be a matter for the...

Proposed Legislation. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The Deputy is referring to administrative penalties. We stated on another occasion that the provisions in section 5, although in law, have never been commenced.

Proposed Legislation. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The administrative penalties come under section 5. The Garda, the Courts Service and various others have a strong desire to ensure section 5 would become operational because it would free up significant time for the Garda and the courts. There was a difficulty about records and establishing what happened over the previous five years but that has been overcome and I hope to be able to put...

Proposed Legislation. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The Bill will take account of the blood alcohol concentration levels that the RSA proposed last year. I cannot anticipate Government decisions on this. When a few issues about fixed penalties are sorted out I will bring the final draft of the Bill to Government. It will be published as soon as Government has passed it and I hope it will have a speedy passage through the House.

Proposed Legislation. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Section 5 of the 2006 Act provides that if a person whose blood alcohol concentration is found to be between 80 mg and 100 mg accepts that fact and takes the fixed penalty he will be fined €300 - I think that is the fine - and will have to hand up his licence. Instead of going to court where he would be disqualified for 12 months he would be automatically disqualified for six months. That...

Proposed Legislation. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: We have to make a change to the Road Traffic Bill to make it feasible because there was a difficulty about the five-----

Proposed Legislation. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: It will be ready sometime in the autumn.

Proposed Legislation. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: This is the subject of a later question but the Deputy will be delighted to know, because he usually celebrates all our successes, all the actions listed for 2007 have been completed. A total of 24 actions of the RSA, which is the lead, or joint lead agency are under way and most are completed. A range of other actions across the road safety strategy, some of which were not due until 2010...

Appointments to State Boards. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: My Department is proceeding with preparations for the establishment of the Dublin Transport Authority during 2009. A key part of those preparations is the recruitment of a CEO. The necessary recruitment process has now been concluded and I expect to be in a position to announce the outcome in the near future. The annual salary for the CEO post will be €211,363. In accordance with section...

Appointments to State Boards. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: It was difficult to keep up. With regard to the composition of the authority, I do not anticipate the need to change the criteria for people who will go on the DTA when it changes to a national transport authority. The same types of skills - a wide experience in transport, industrial, commercial and financial land use, planning or environmental matters and the organisation or workers and...

Appointments to State Boards. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: We hope to have the Commission for Taxi Regulation absorbed into the national transport authority as quickly as possible. There are considerations regarding transfers of staff and so on that will have to be taken into account, and some industrial relations matters will also have to be dealt with, along with pensions and so on. It will happen as quickly as possible because we want to build...

Appointments to State Boards. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: It is expected to have it completely rolled out at the end of 2010 and early 2011.

Appointments to State Boards. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: If the Deputy had given me some notice I could have informed him on that issue. I have had similar complaints from Bus Éireann in Deputy Broughan's area and from other Deputies. Nearly every time I went to investigate, I found that the company had started a service which was in direct competition with an existing service that was licensed. It was told it could not do so under the terms of...

Appointments to State Boards. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I agree with the Deputy's other points. We had a discussion on the DTA Bill and I wanted to get the DTA element through at the time. The Deputy rightly pointed out that we would return to this issue and I indicated that I would introduce proposals for a national transport authority. We are doing this because it is important to get the land use and transport.

Road Traffic Offences. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Some 36 fixed charge offences under the Road Traffic Acts are covered by the Garda fixed charge processing system. If a person makes a payment of up to €80 within 26 days, or a higher payment of up to €120 within a second period of 26 days, a prosecution will not be proceeded with. Some 31 fixed charges also attract penalty points. An Garda Síochána operates the fixed charge system...

Road Traffic Offences. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The Deputy raised this matter on previous occasions and has pursued it quite vigorously in the interim. As a result of issues he raised on a previous Question Time, I asked the officials of my Department to examine the position. They did so, in consultation with the various interested organisations, and it is our intention to bring forward proposals which can be discussed in the context of...