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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is acutely aware that tourism and hospitality is one of the most directly affected sectors in the current crisis. The impact of COVID-19 on tourism globally has been overwhelming and immediate with unprecedented consequences for Ireland’s tourism and hospitality sector. The new Programme for Government contains a commitment that a July Jobs Initiative will be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Disabled Parking Permit (also known as the European Parking Card or Disabled Parking Badge) is available to people living in Ireland whose mobility is severely restricted, whether they are drivers or passengers, and also to those who are registered blind. In 2010 the Department conducted a review of the Disabled Parking Scheme, in consultation with various stakeholders, and one of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 81, 91, 97, 121 and 141 together. As the Deputy is aware, current Government advice to people is to avoid all non-essential travel overseas, based on the advices of our public health experts. However, there are no flight restrictions in place in Ireland, and there have not been any at any stage since the Government first responded to the threat from...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: This is a matter for the Road Safety Authority. I have referred the question to the Authority for direct reply. I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a response is not received within 10 days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: This is a matter for the Road Safety Authority to answer. I have forwarded the Deputy's query to them to respond directly. If a response has not been received within 10 working days, the Deputy should contact my office directly.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Following the publication, by Government, of a revised Phase 3 road map for reopening Ireland, it is now possible to restart the testing of car drivers earlier than anticipated. From Monday 29 June driving tests have resumed on a phased basis for trucks, buses and motorcycles (except for trucks in C1 and buses in D1 categories). Fourteen driving test centres have reopened, but as the number...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: This is a matter for the Road Safety Authority to answer, and I have forwarded the Deputy's query to them for direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a response within 10 working days he should contact my office directly.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Lottery Funding (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Details of how the funding generated by the National Lottery is used to fund different categories of worthy projects is available at www.lottery.ie/news/good-causes. In relation to sport projects, two Departmental sub-heads are part funded from the proceeds of the National Lottery. These are the Sports Capital Programme (SCP) and Sport Ireland. The total amount allocated under the SCP in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The return to sport permitted in Phase 3 of the Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business applies to all sports from Monday, June 29th. This includes both contact sports and fitness classes. It must be emphasised however that this resumption is subject to the Phases 3 and 4 restrictions on numbers for public gatherings and other important public health advice on social...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I recognise that since the onset of the present COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of restrictions as part of the necessary public health response, passenger demand for taxis and other small public service vehicle (SPSV) services has fallen considerably and many operators stopped working temporarily. The National Transport Authority (NTA) - the agency under my aegis which regulates the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), a team of national experts, advised Government when it decided to include driving schools on the list of businesses cleared to reopen on 29 June. In anticipation of the resumption of driver testing on that same date, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) wrote to each Approved Driving Instructor on 22 June, advising them of the planned phased...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: A funding package of up to €70 million was announced on Friday 19th June to support the sport sector, which has been significantly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. This funding package includes; - Funding of up to €40m for the three main field sports organisations – the FAI, the GAA and the IRFU, - a Resilience Fund of up to €10m to support the National Governing...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I would firstly like to point out that the National Public Health Emergency Team, a team of national experts, advised Government in its decision to revise the Roadmap for Reopening Ireland, including which businesses could resume trading in each Phase of the gradual reopening of our economy, and they included driving schools on the list of businesses cleared to reopen on or after 29 June. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The EU Package Travel Directive (EU Directive 2015/2302), as implemented nationally in the Package Holidays and Travel Trade Act 1995, is the relevant law in respect of package holidays sold in EU countries, whether the travel organiser is based in an EU country or directs such business to EU member states from a third country. Among the consumer protections in the Directive are those...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards, including the allocation of funding to the sporting bodies. As the distribution and conditionality attaching to such funding, including for high performance, is a matter for Sport Ireland, I have referred the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Over the course of the COVID-19 crisis, my Department has been working closely with the National Transport Authority (NTA) to ensure public transport services continue and to plan for the provision of enhanced public transport services in line with the Government Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business. In this context, the NTA is engaging directly with both PSO and commercial transport...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96, 103, 112 and 124 together. Following the commencement of Phase 3 of the Government's Roadmap for Reopening Society and Businesson 29 June 2020, the public health advice recommends that individuals to wear a face covering in retail settings, on public transport, and in situations where it is not possible to achieve the recommended social distancing of 2...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I would firstly like to point out that the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), together with a team of national experts, advised Government in deciding which businesses could resume trading in each Phase of the gradual reopening of our economy. NPHET included driving schools on the list of businesses cleared to reopen on 29 June. It is not the role of the Health Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Budgets (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I can inform the Deputy that my Department has a current expenditure allocation in 2020 of €1.65 million for the An Taisce Green-Schools Travel Programme and that funding is provided through the National Transport Authority (NTA). Based on the 2020 figure, a 20% increase in 2021 would cost €330,000. The Deputy is aware that the Programme for Government commits toward a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The NPHET, together with a team of national experts, decided which businesses could resume trading in each Phase of the gradual reopening of our economy, and they included driving schools on the list of businesses cleared to reopen on 29 June. In anticipation of the resumption of driver testing on 29 June, the RSA wrote to each Approved Driving Instructor on 22 June, advising them of...