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Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (3 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The planning, design and implementation of national roads improvement projects is a matter for the National Roads Authority, NRA, and the relevant local authorities concerned, in this case Westmeath County Council. I understand from the NRA that Westmeath County Council has included a request for an allocation from the National Roads Authority to fund works at this location. This request...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (3 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The new Shannon Airport Authority was incorporated in September 2004 and, in line with the framework provided by the State Airports Act 2004, it is envisaged that the new authority would, in due course, own and operate Shannon Airport. In accordance with the 2004 Act, each of the new airport authorities, including the Shannon Airport Authority, is required to prepare comprehensive business...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (3 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The contactless smartcard-based integrated ticketing system, which will enable a passenger to use a single ticket on one or more scheduled public transport services, by road and by rail, irrespective of the transport operator involved, is being developed by the Railway Procurement Agency, RPA, and will be introduced on a phased basis, initially in the Dublin area. I am informed by the RPA...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (3 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The national development plan, NDP, provides for the purchase by Dublin Bus of 275 additional buses and 500 replacement buses over period 2000 to 2006. In 1999, the Exchequer provided funding to Dublin Bus for 150 additional buses. Between 2000 and 2004, 460 buses were purchased by Dublin Bus. A total of 93 of the 460 buses were additional and were purchased in 2000. Expenditure under the NDP...

Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: Until the relevant assets are vested in the Cork and Shannon Airport Authorities, in accordance with the framework provided for in the State Airports Act 2004, overall stewardship of Cork Airport, including the major development programme under way at that airport, remains with the Dublin Airport Authority subject to any agreed delegated arrangements made with the new Cork Airport Authority....

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: EU Directive 2000/56/EC provides for changes in the type of vehicle that may be presented for test. These changes only apply in respect of truck, bus or car with trailer tests. The Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) Regulations 2004, SI 705 of 2004, give effect to the provisions of the directive. These regulations require that a vehicle used for a driving test in licence category...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 1999 provide that a person provisionally licensed to drive a category A, A1 or M vehicle, that is a motorcycle or moped, may not carry a passenger. I have no proposals to change this requirement.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Government's strategy for road safety for 2004 to 2006 identified speed, seat-belt wearing, driving while intoxicated, engineering measures and vulnerable road users as the key priority areas to be addressed over the coming years in terms of yielding road safety benefits. As regards motorcyclists, it is the intention over the course of the strategy to introduce compulsory initial...

Written Answers — Speed Limits: Speed Limits (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 359 and 371 together. As I indicated in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 1 February 2005, I made regulations on 12 January 2005 to prescribe a maximum speed limit for certain classes of vehicles from 20 January 2005. A limit of 80 km/h limit was set for vehicles with accommodation for more than eight passengers. In setting the metric speed limit for...

Written Answers — Road Accidents: Road Accidents (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: Statistics on road accidents, based on information provided by the Garda Síochána, are published by the National Roads Authority in its annual Road Accident Facts reports. The most recent report for 2002, along with those relating to previous years, are available in the Oireachtas Library. The road accident reports include data relating to the number of fatal accidents on each of the...

Written Answers — Integrated Ticketing System: Integrated Ticketing System (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: In March 2002, the Railway Procurement Agency, RPA, was given statutory responsibility under the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001 (Additional Functions) (Integrated Ticketing) Order 2002 for the delivery of an integrated ticketing system. The contactless smartcard-based integrated ticketing system, which will enable a passenger to use a single ticket on one or more scheduled public...

Written Answers — Road Accidents: Road Accidents (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: Statistics relating to road accidents, based on information provided by the Garda Síochána, are published by the National Roads Authority in its annual Road Accident Facts reports. The most recent report for 2002, along with those relating to previous years, are available in the Oireachtas Library. Reports contain details of the number of road deaths in each county. Figures relating to...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The following table sets out the average waiting times at 4 February 2005 for each driving test centre and the number of driver testers assigned to headquarter centres within each region. Driver testers are in turn assigned from headquarter centres to meet the demand in other test centres. In addition to the driver testers, a chief tester and ten supervisory testers are employed by my Department.

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: While no direct Exchequer capital has been provided to Iarnród Éireann for its freight operations during the period in question, the company has invested approximately €4.5 million from its own resources in container wagons and €3 million in depot cranes. The purchase of this equipment is broadly in line with the relevant recommendations of the strategic rail review. Since the...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I have been informed by Iarnród Éireann that it is planning to utilise the recently ordered 120 InterCity railcars to provide a much-improved service on all InterCity routes, including the Waterford line, when these trains are delivered in 2007. Its proposals include the provision of a two-hourly each-way service between Dublin and Waterford. The total number of daily services will increase...

Written Answers — Toll Charges: Toll Charges (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The statutory power to levy tolls on national roads, to make toll by-laws specifying toll charges, and to enter into toll agreements with private investors 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.

Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The metrication changeover board oversaw the implementation of the changeover to metric speed limits on 20 January 2005. Major elements of the overall programme to support the changeover to metric speed limits were the public information and public relations campaigns undertaken on behalf of the metrication changeover board by the National Safety Council. The overall cost of those elements of...

Written Answers — Speed Limits: Speed Limits (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The working group that carried out a review of speed limit structures and policies in 2003 noted in its report of September 2003 that particular road safety issues may arise at school locations at certain times during school term time. The group recognised that these concerns could not be addressed through the speed limit policies that were available for deployment at that time. The group...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The cost of options outlined in the Atkins report to achieve a 4.9 m operational height ranged from €59 million to €111 million. The full Atkins report is available on my Department's website at www.transport.ie.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (8 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The day-to-day timetabling, scheduling of services and the deployment of its fleet is the statutory responsibility of Dublin Bus. I understand the management of Dublin Bus is currently examining ways of maximising the utilisation of the existing bus fleet in light of the significant investment made to date under the national development plan and the ongoing changes in demand patterns for...