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Written Answers — Transport Projects: Transport Projects (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 20, 36 and 56 together. Transport 21 continues to provide the strategic framework guiding Government investment in transport up to 2015. To date, over 60% of the major inter urban roads programme, linking Dublin with Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and the Border with Northern Ireland, has been completed and the remainder is under construction and on target...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Question Nos. 21 and 22 together. In January last I published a cost and efficiency review of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann services. The review concluded that, while both companies are generally as efficient as comparable organisations, there is considerable scope for Dublin Bus to improve its services to customers through improved network design and increased efficiencies....

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: There was no reduction in the April Supplementary Budget in the State road grant provision for maintenance works on regional and local roads in 2009 and grants totalling €125.977 million were allocated in April last to local authorities for such work in the current year. A total of €85 million of the overall provision was allocated under the Restoration Maintenance Programme to fund the...

Written Answers — Public Service Review: Public Service Review (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: As I have not as yet received the final report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes, I cannot comment on its recommendations.

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (9 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 is a matter for the National Roads Authority under the Roads Act 1993 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. The Exchequer funding provided for to capital...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Under the National Road Safety Strategy, the RSA is committed to publishing a pedestrian safety strategy and they are at consultation phase with this project. The question may refer to the commitment in Smarter Travel, he Government's sustainable transport policy, to publish a national walking policy to meet the Government's aim of creating a culture of walking in Ireland. There are 49...

Written Answers — Acht um Thrácht ar Bhóithre: Acht um Thrácht ar Bhóithre (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Tá na socruithe maidir le téacs a thaispeáint ar chomharthaí bóthair leagtha amach ins an Acht um Thrácht ar Bhóithre 1961 (Alt 95). Tá na prionsabail maidir le téacs a thaispeáint ar chomharthaí bóthair leagtha amach i Lámhleabhar na gComharthaí Tráchta. Is é an cuspóir bunúsach atá taobh thiar díobh ná go bfhuil soiléireacht curtha ar fáil don lucht taistil sa chaoi...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: On 30 June, the Railway Procurement Agency announced that it had short-listed two bidding groups, Celtic Metro Group and Metro Express, to proceed to the final stage of the Metro North PPP procurement process. The formal commencement of this final stage of the procurement process is subject to a decision by An Bord Pleanála on the railway order application for the project. The oral hearing...

Written Answers — Sustainable Transport: Sustainable Transport (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 51 and 30 together. Smarter Travel, A Sustainable Transport for Ireland, sets out a range of actions across all areas of Government to deliver a sustainable transport system by the year 2020. The Policy has ambitious targets, including a reduction in car commuting from 65% share in 2006 to 45% in 2020. It also sets out specific ambition in other areas. For...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: As I have indicated in both the Committee and Report Stage debates on the Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008, my officials are examining the issue of section 69 of the Harbours Act 1996 in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General. It is my intention to introduce such an amendment during the passage of the Merchant Shipping Bill 2009 through the Oireachtas.

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Smarter Travel, the Government policy on Sustainable Transport, proposes a number of initiatives relating to eco-driving and driver behaviour. I have established a joint working group between the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and the National Sustainable Travel Office (NSTO) of my Department to develop a structured overall plan to ensure that eco driving becomes part of the driving culture....

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I have previously advised the House that traffic management in Dublin City centre, including public information campaigns relating to traffic management, is a matter for Dublin City Council. As the Deputy will be aware, the Dublin City Manager chairs the Dublin Transport 21 Implementation Group, which coordinates and oversees the Transport 21 investment programme in Dublin, pending the...

Written Answers — Haulage Licences: Haulage Licences (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I have not yet received the Report in question. It would be inappropriate for me to make any further comment on this matter until the Report has been received and examined.

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Ireland has been an active supporter of negotiations on the International Labour Organisation's Maritime Labour Convention in its efforts to promote global labour standards for seafarers. The Convention will enter into force twelve months after 30 Member States representing 33% of the world's tonnage have ratified the convention. The latest information is that five Member States representing...

Written Answers — Transport Sector: Transport Sector (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The Agreed Programme for Government includes commitments to reform bus licensing to facilitate the optimum provision of services by providing a level playing field for all market participants, and to examine the need for a National Transport Regulator in the context of the overall review of the economic regulatory environment. The legislative framework to support the authorisation and...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Priority Question No. 3 of today.

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Section 30 of the Harbours Act 1996 provides for consultation with a number of bodies before appointments to port company boards are made. Various bodies including the Chambers of Commerce of Ireland, IBEC and ICTU were invited to submit nominations for the current vacancy on the board of Dublin Port Company. I have received a number of nominations and will take these into account when making...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions 48 and 41 together. Road safety is a key priority for Government, and this commitment is underpinned by the Road Safety Strategy 2007-2012. We are still on target to meet the overall Road Safety Strategy target of reducing road deaths to no greater than 60 fatalities per million population by the end of 2012. This would equate to an average of 21 road deaths per...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The number of specimens tested for the presence of a drug or drugs by the Medical Bureau of Road Safety for the years 2005 to 2008 is as follows: 2005 2006 2007 2008 (provisional figure 747 879 1555 1900 Figures for 2009 are not available at this time. While my Department provides annual funding to the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, the allocation of resources to the various programmes is...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006) the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has responsibility for these matters. In 2008 I introduced legislation entitled the European Communities (Vehicle Drivers Certificate of Professional Competence) Regulations, which gave effect to Directive 2003/59/EC. From 10th September 2009, all truck drivers...