Results 9,761-9,780 of 11,242 for speaker:Noel Dempsey

Written Answers — Marine Rescue Service: Marine Rescue Service (2 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Details of the proposed new Coast Guard Station House at Doolin, Co. Clare are being finalised, and an application for planning permission will be lodged shortly.

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (2 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The Strategic Rail Review (SRR) set out priorities for future rail investment which provided an input into the development of Transport 21, my Department's investment framework. The SRR did not include the development of rail services in Cavan, Monaghan or Donegal in its recommendations. As a consequence, no capital provision for such rail development was included in Transport 21 and it is...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (2 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The statutory power to levy tolls on national roads, to make toll bye-laws and to enter into toll agreements with private investors in respect of national roads is vested in the National Roads Authority (NRA) under Part V of the Roads Act 1993 (as amended by the Planning and Development Act 2000 and the Roads Act 2007). Specifically, Section 57 of the Roads Act 1993, as amended by Section 271...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (2 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The EU funding claimed in respect of national roads projects under the Economic and Social Infrastructure Operational Programme 2000-2006 for which my Department had lead responsibility was as follows: 2005 â'¬ 2006 â'¬ 2007 â'¬ 2008 â'¬ 2009 â'¬ 70, 072, 217 24, 054,087 22,101, 189 7,400,180 Nil I do not have details of the funding received as payments of EU aid in respect of...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (2 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The Citizens Information Board's Report "Getting There – Transport and Access to Social Services" is well researched and surfaces issues which the Department has already identified as important in developing rural transport and in making transport accessible. In that regard it will help to inform the development of rural transport policy. The recommendations in the report also impinge on...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (2 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Decisions in relation to the deployment of buses, including on the services referred to by the Deputy, are an operational matter for Bus Éireann in conjunction, in the case of PSO services, with the National Transport Authority, and not one in which I have any role.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (2 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Due to industrial action currently being taken by staff, I regret that I am unable to provide the answer sought by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (2 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The current rules governing use of bus lanes were established through the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997-1998. Large public service vehicles (buses) are permitted to use all bus lanes. The key consideration underpinning the current policy is that bus lanes are provided to support and promote bus-based public transport and to protect the carrying capacity of bus lanes so...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (2 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Costs associated with car parking spaces at Department of Transport premises tend to be integrated into property leasing costs generally, the arrangements for which are made by the Office of Public Works on behalf of the Department. The OPW is thus responsible for the provision of the information sought by the Deputy. Insofar as the agencies under the aegis of the Department of Transport are...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (2 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The scheme for performance-related awards in the Civil Service applied to five Assistant Secretaries in my Department. The current pay scale appropriate to the Officers of this grade in my Department is as follows: € 127,796 - € 133,605 - € 139,898 - € 146,191

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (3 Mar 2010)

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 national roads is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. The Government's National Climate Change...

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (3 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The purpose of the Economic & Tourism Development Plan for the Shannon Airport catchment area was to present a focused Action Plan to assist the airport and the wider Mid-west region to adapt to new circumstances brought about by the phasing out of the Shannon stop rule, under the EU-US Open Skies Agreement, and the withdrawal by Aer Lingus its Shannon-Heathrow service. Significant progress...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (3 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: I refer the Deputy to my response to Question No. 251 of 3rd February 2010 in which I set out the appointments to State Boards under the aegis of the Department of Transport from 6th June 2002 to end 2009. To date in 2010, the only appointments I have made are the appointment of Ms Laetitia Baker to the Board of Iarnród Eireann from 15 February 2010 for a period of 3 years and the...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (3 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The Programme for Government of 2007 made a commitment to conduct feasibility studies into Luas-type light rail systems in Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford. I subsequently asked the local authorities in these cities, which have responsibility for these studies, to see that the feasibility of Bus Rapid Transit systems was simultaneously taken into account. These studies, which are being...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (3 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The Budget of December 2008 included the announcement of a Government decision to defer a number of decentralisation projects pending a review in 2011, including the move of Bus Eireann to Mitchelstown Co. Cork.

Written Answers — National Transport Authority: National Transport Authority (3 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The National Transport Authority (NTA) is, in accordance with the Dublin Transport Act, 2008 (DTA Act) and the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies , accountable to the Minister for Transport. The Chief Executive is also accountable, in relation to the matters specified in Section 41(1) of the DTA Act, to the Public Accounts Committee and, together with the Chairman of the NTA,...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (3 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Decisions in relation to bus services are an operational matter for Bus Éireann in conjunction, in the case of PSO services, with the National Transport Authority, and not one in which I have any role.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: It is proposed to take No. 24, Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 4, Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2010 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: I agree with the leader of Fine Gael that we should put politics aside in this very tragic case. We should not play politics with cases as tragic as this. It is and was a very tragic case. Members have been talking about their right to discuss the matter but there are rights of privacy involved, rights of family members to be consulted, and the right of the mother to be consulted as well...

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Ten of the children involved died of natural causes. All 20 reports are nearing publication and it is intended to publish them once people's rights are respected. I ask Members to respect those rights as well.