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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (4 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: ​The application of Special Speed Limits, i.e. speed limits other than the default speed limits, are provided for in Section 9 of the Road Traffic Act 2004, which gives local authorities the power to make bye-laws ("special speed limit bye-laws") in respect of any specified public road or specified part of a public road or specified carriageway or lane of a public road within...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (4 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: ​The operation of the Driver Theory Test is the statutory responsibility of the Road Safety Authority. If the Deputy checks the theory test website - www.theorytest.ie- she will find that there are various options to assist people with difficulties with the test. These include a voice-over option where a recording reads out the questions, additional time provided, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (4 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: ​The maximum level of grant aid that is permitted under the 2014 EU Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlinesfor capital projects at qualifying airports is 75% of the 'funding gap', i.e. the net present value of the difference between the positive and negative cash flows (including investment costs) over the lifetime of the project. However, the EU Guidelines provide that,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Aid (4 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: My Department has notified the European Commission that Fáilte Ireland's Grants Scheme for Large Tourism Projects, which was launched on 8 June 2016, will be seeking state aid exemptions in respect of the scheme. The scheme has a total fund of €65 million and runs from 2016-2021. The scheme seeks to avail of five categories under Commission Regulation (EU) No. 651/2014 of 17...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Olympic Council of Ireland (4 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: I have issued no such emergency funding for either 2016 or 2017. Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the promotion, development and co-ordination of sport. This includes responsibility for the allocation of funding for the Olympic Council of Ireland. ​As this is a matter for Sport Ireland, I have referred the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Olympic Games Ticketing Arrangements (4 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: ​I expect to receive advice from the Office of the Attorney General in this matter at an early date, which I shall then consider as a matter of urgency. I will separately inform the Deputy once that advice is received. In relation to the 2017 funding arrangements from Sport Ireland to the Olympic Council of Ireland, the position remains that the board of Sport Ireland intends...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Development (4 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 531 and 532 together. Both Leitrim (with the support of Cavan) and Sligo County Councils submitted applications to my Department under the last tranche of the National Cycle Network (NCN) funding programme 2014-2016 for the construction of a greenway along the sections of the disused Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties (SLNCR) railway within their...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 533 and 534 together. The National Transport Authority (NTA) recently launched the BusConnectsinitiative which proposes a radical transformation of the bus system in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) that will involve, inter alia, the development of a network of 'next generation' bus corridors and a complete redesign of the network to be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (4 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: ​I refer the Deputy to my response to Dáil Question No. 541 which I answered on Tuesday, 16 May 2017.  The position remains as outlined in that response.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Data (4 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: Brexit has the potential to have serious adverse economic impacts on transport and tourism and as a result has been identified as the main strategic risk facing the Department. The Department in response has organised itself internally to address this risk. While all relevant areas of the Department are actively engaged in Brexit related work and consultations with stakeholders, overall...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (4 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: As Minister for Transport,Tourism & Sport I have responsibility for overall policy and  funding in relation to the national roads programme. The planning, design and implementation of individual national road projects is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 in conjunction with the relevant local authorities.  In the case of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (4 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: Ensuring that we have the appropriate level of investment into our transport network to meet the demands placed on it by the population is core to the business of my Department.  In 2015 we published the Strategic Investment Framework for Land Transport, which set out the priorities and principles for future investment in that area, and just last week I announced the publication...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (4 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: It could happen to a bishop.

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Order for Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This is certainly the most energising legislation I have introduced in this House.

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: I welcome the co-operation we have had from all sides of the House on this Bill. I would like to mention in particular Deputy Troy who has already interjected on this Bill and made a contribution, Deputy Munster and others on the joint Oireachtas committee who have shown an interest in it over time. I have been supportive of the principles behind the Bill. That does not mean I expect it to...

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: So I was correct in what I said.

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: I understand the spend would be approximately €760 million.

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: Is it five minutes?

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: It is a very brief time to respond to so many questions.