Results 861-880 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (17 Jun 2004)

Martin Cullen: I anticipate that this review will be completed by spring 2005.

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (5 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: There have been two across the board increases in CIE single standard fares between the beginning of 1998 and the end of 2003. A further increase took effect on 1 January 2004. The following tables set out the standard fares at the beginning of 1998 and at the beginning of January 2004. Discounted fares which are not controlled by me have not been included. Bus Átha Cliath Stages 1998...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: The central applications facility has received one application for a decentralised position at Ballinasloe from an employee of the National Roads Authority. Some 89 posts from the National Roads Authority have been allocated for decentralisation to Ballinasloe. There has been a general reluctance on the part of State agency employees to use the CAF and this may well have influenced the...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (5 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: Earlier this year the then Minister established an expert working group, under the chairmanship of Mr. Pat McCann, chief executive, JurysDoyle Hotel Group, to carry out a full examination of the proposal to reopen the western rail corridor. The group is comprised of county managers, directors of the regional authorities, representatives of the city and county development boards, the Western...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (5 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: A driving test will be arranged in due course for the person concerned.

Written Answers — Speed Limits: Speed Limits (5 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: My predecessor announced last month that it is intended that metric speed limits be in place on 20 January 2005. A metrication changeover board is working to that timeframe. In order to facilitate the changeover it is necessary to amend the Road Traffic Acts to provide for the introduction of new speed limit structures expressed in metric values. To that end I intend to progress the passage...

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (5 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: I am delighted to announce that in line with the principal recommendation of the recent evaluation report on the rural transport initiative, RTI, my Department will continue to fund this pilot initiative for a further two years to the end of 2006. The evaluation was carried out by Fitzpatrick Associates, economic consultants, and was commissioned by Area Development Management Limited which...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (5 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: I assume the Deputy is referring to the correspondence to the person in question bearing the reference MOTCO4/2629 that issued on 13 August from the Minister's office in response to issues raised by that person in connection with his driving test.

Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (5 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: Every effort is made to ensure that the Department's website is up to date. The material on the site is updated on a regular basis. Departmental press releases are normally posted on the site on the day they are issued.

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (5 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: Civilian air carriers carrying weapons or munitions wishing to land or over-fly Irish airspace are obliged to seek exemption from the provisions of sections 6 and 7 of the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order 1973. This order applies only to the carriage of munitions of war, weapons and dangerous goods and not to military personnel. There is no...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (5 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: The number of persons currently awaiting a driving test at driving test centres in County Tipperary is set out in the following table: Test centre Number of applicants awaiting a driving test at 4 October 2004 Available for test Scheduled for test Unavailable for test Clonmel 1,935 1,372 206 357 Nenagh 728 558 84 86 Thurles 1,171 933 134 104 Tipperary 1,008 774...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (5 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: The Railway Procurement Agency, RPA, has statutory responsibility for the development of a national integrated ticketing system, based on smartcard technologies, for implementation initially in the Dublin area. The contactless smartcard-based integrated ticketing system will enable a passenger to use a single ticket on one or more public transport services, by road and by rail, irrespective...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (5 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: The specification which the contractor operating the driver theory test is obliged to meet provides for the delivery of a user friendly computerised theory testing system and requires that candidates with special needs be provided for. This includes the provision of reading assistance and voice-over audio with an extended time slot for the test. The test is based on a question bank, which has...

Written Answers — Travel Survey Data: Travel Survey Data (5 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: The Dublin Transportation Office, DTO, while it does not have survey data for the years requested by the Deputy, has provided travel survey data for the years 1997 and 2002. The 1997 survey data is based on the DTO's own survey carried out throughout the greater Dublin area, GDA, while the 2002 data are based on the travel to work and travel to school data in the 2002 census of population....

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: In conjunction with the publication of the Disability Bill 2004, my Department recently published its outline sectoral plan for accessible public transport. This is a draft consultation document which outlines my Department's proposals in relation to the ongoing development of accessible public transport services for people with mobility and sensory impairments. The plan covers public...

Written Answers — Taxi Hardship Panel: Taxi Hardship Panel (12 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: Area Development Management Limited, ADM, has been engaged to administer and manage the implementation of the taxi hardship payments scheme which is implementing the recommendations of the taxi hardship panel report. The processing and consideration of applications under the scheme is being undertaken by ADM independently of my Department and my Department has no details of individual...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (12 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 259 and 260 together. The study conducted by ERM, Environmental Resource Management, relating to public safety zones at the three main airports, Cork, Dublin and Shannon, is now complete and it is the intention that the outcome will be presented to Government jointly by me and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, as soon as...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (12 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: Since 1 October last, the "Dublin appointed day", the board of the Dublin Airport Authority, which replaced the previous Aer Rianta board, has a statutory mandate to do everything necessary to give effect to the restructuring of the State airports. In furtherance of that mandate, the position of the authority's principal subsidiaries, including the Great Southern Hotel group, falls to be...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (12 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: I am informed by Irish Rail that the service punctuality on the Sligo route is consistently in excess of95%. Under the terms of its customer charter, the only trains which are calculated into this figure are those which arrive within ten minutes of their timetabled arrival time. The company has ordered 36 new railcars similar to the 2900 series delivered last year. They are due for delivery...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (12 Oct 2004)

Martin Cullen: The decentralisation programme is operating on an entirely voluntary basis. Those who do not wish to transfer to a decentralised location will be assigned to alternative public service posts in Dublin. The procedures that will apply in the case of those who do not wish to transfer will be the subject of discussions with the public service unions.