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Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (15 Dec 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Last July I launched a report on the Disabled Parking Scheme which made a number of recommendations to improve the operation of the Scheme. This Report considered the question of whether fines for illegal parking in disabled parking spaces should be increased. The Report noted that the current fixed charge of €80 which applies to illegal parking in a designated disabled person's parking...

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (16 Dec 2010)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 236 and 244 together. Pobal administers the Rural Transport Programme (RTP) on behalf of my Department and is responsible, among other things, for allocating funds to individual community transport groups from funding provided by my Department. I understand from Pobal that the following amounts were allocated to the RTP Programme in Waterford:- Year â'¬...

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (16 Dec 2010)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 238 and 239 together. The Public Transport Regulation Act, 2009, provides for the transfer of functions and staff of the Commission for Taxi Regulation (CTR) to the National Transport Authority (NTA) upon the making of an Order by me. I will shortly make the Order to give effect to the transfer effective from 1 January 2011. On transfer of functions, the NTA...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Dec 2010)

Noel Dempsey: No bonus payments were made to any member of staff in my Department between 2009 and 2010. The payment of bonus payments to staff members of the bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the Board of the State Company concerned. Under the Minister for Finance's Guidelines on Contracts, Remuneration and other Conditions of Chief Executives and Senior Management of Commercial...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (16 Dec 2010)

Noel Dempsey: In my capacity as Minister for Transport I do not make Government appointments.

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (16 Dec 2010)

Noel Dempsey: PSO air services subvention is set out in the following table: PSO Contract Amounts, per contract year Jul 05 to Jul 06 Jul 06 to Jul 07 Jul 07 to Jul 08 Jul 08 to Jul09 Jul 09 to Jul10 July10 toJuly 11 Galway €2,953,594 €3,004,919 €3,041,058 €3,271,344 €3,314,239 €3,430,810 Kerry €3,013,556 €3,003,493 €3,008,433 €1,750,000 €1,750,000 €1,750,000 Sligo/Donegal...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (16 Dec 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Passenger numbers at the six Regional Airports since 2005, including those available to date in 2010, are set out below: PassengersStatistics Part of 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Donegal Up to Nov. 44,640 50,750 64,532 60,388 56,656 47,776 Galway Up to Oct. 134,209 194,158 266,897 309,302 248,972 252,897 Kerry Up to Oct.346,490 356,247 423,291 389,434 392,400 382,678...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (16 Dec 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The total budget for PSOs for air services for the period July 2010 to July 2011 is €15,563,871 of which €5,906,329 is allocated for PSO air services between Donegal Airport and Dublin and between Sligo Airport and Dublin. These two PSO air services are operated under a combined contract. PSO funding is also provided for air services between Dublin Airport and Kerry, Galway, Knock, and...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (16 Dec 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Statutory responsibility for the regulation of safety standards of civil aviation in the State has been vested in the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) under the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993. Following a microlight accident near Carnew, Co. Wicklow in September 2007, the Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) of my Department issued Safety Recommendation (SR) 24 of 2008. This gave rise to...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Dec 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The Department of Transport implements the Performance Management and Development System (PMDS) as agreed in General Council Reports 1368, 1398 and 1452. My Department also has a PMDS Policy which underpins these agreements.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Dec 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Details as requested by the Deputy for 2009 and 2010 are as follows. There were 8 staff employed in 2009 on temporary contracts at a cost of €59,683. There were 2 staff employed in 2010 on temporary contracts at a cost of € 39,674. I am not aware of any of the above staff being employed previously in the public service.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (12 Jan 2011)

Noel Dempsey: The Medical Bureau of Road Safety (MBRS) is at an advanced stage of the tender process for an evidential breath testing instrument to replace the existing instrument. The tender is for the supply of up to 100 instruments. 86 are to be installed in Garda stations and the remainder will be used for training and swap out purposes. The procurement process began in July 2010 and the deadline for...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (12 Jan 2011)

Noel Dempsey: I understand that an agreed arrangement exists between the Medical Bureau of Road Safety (MBRS) and the Gardaí regarding the return and reissue of breathalyzer devices on a 6 monthly basis. The allocation of individual devices is a matter for the Gardai, as the devices are issued and returned to Traffic Divisions and Garda stations. The MBRS has issued the number of devices requested by the...

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (12 Jan 2011)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 468 to 473, inclusive, together. Pobal administers the Rural Transport Programme (RTP) on behalf of my Department. I understand from Pobal that the average number of passengers per month for counties Roscommon and Leitrim in 2010 were 3,543 and 3,062 respectively. The RTP funding allocations for 2009 and 2010 for those counties were as follows:- County...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jan 2011)

Noel Dempsey: The costs for provision of hardware and software in my constituency offices from 2007-2010 are as follows: Year Hardware Software 2007 €7,200 €3,860 2008 € 0 € 210 2009 €1,405 € 178 2010 €1,970 € 250 Minor travel costs have also been incurred in relation to support of these sites, which total less than €700 over the four year period.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jan 2011)

Noel Dempsey: Under the agreement of March 2007 between the Irish and British Governments on a funding package to support the restored Northern Ireland Executive, the Irish Government made a commitment to provide funding of £400/€580 million in a roads investment package for Northern Ireland which will contribute to the upgrading of the A5 road from Aughnacloy to Derry/Londonderry to dual-carriageway...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jan 2011)

Noel Dempsey: The sum of money paid by my Department to the particular company in each of the last five years is set out in the table below. Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Amount â'¬101,970.02 â'¬67,979.98 â'¬142,976.64 â'¬65,721.17 â'¬0

Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (12 Jan 2011)

Noel Dempsey: Details of publicly facing websites provided by my Department, approximate annual costs and averaged amount of unique site visits per month can be found in the table below. Website Site Reference Number of unique visits per month (approx) Annual Cost(inc VAT) Department of Transport transport.ie 11,500In December 2010 number was 133,000 €12,200 (This figure covers the first five sites)...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (12 Jan 2011)

Noel Dempsey: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. The allocation of funding for the construction, improvement and maintenance of the national roads network, including salt storage facilities, is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under Section 19 of the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 in conjunction with the local...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (12 Jan 2011)

Noel Dempsey: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities own resources and are supplemented by State road grants paid by my Department. The amount of money provided in the 2011 Estimates for funding regional...