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

Martin Cullen: The allocation of funding in respect of national roads improvement projects to local authorities is a matter for the National Roads Authority under section 19(f) of the Roads Act 1993. I understand from the National Roads Authority that funding allocations to the regions over the period 2001-04 are as follows: National Roads Year South & East Region BMW Region â'¬ million...

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

Martin Cullen: The Road Transport Act, 1932 provides the statutory basis for regulating the bus market in Ireland. This Act is totally outdated and is in need of reform. It is a commitment of this Government to replace the Act with a more modern regulatory framework which achieves a more open, effective and competitive regime and discussions are ongoing with CIE in that regard and it is intended to engage...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (8 Mar 2005)

Martin Cullen: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the table below. The expenses incurred are from the date of my appointment to the Department of Transport. Office Number of Staff Approximate Salaries Cost Per Annum Approximate Cost of Expenses (from October 2004 to date) â'¬ â'¬ Private 10 430,000 4,000 Constituency 6.1 216,000 0 For my private office, nine of...

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

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 300 and 301 together. The matters raised are operational issues for Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath. However, Bus Éireann has informed me that in recent years it has increased its services to Kilcock by 50% and it has also substantially increased its services to other North Kildare towns such as Celbridge. The Prosperous-Clane-Celbridge-Dublin route, has a...

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

Martin Cullen: A comprehensive review of the national and regional road system was concluded in 1994 as set out in Statutory Instrument 209 of 1994: Roads Act, 1993 (Declaration of National Roads) Order, 1994 and S.I. 400 of 1994: Roads Act, 1993 (Declaration of Regional Roads) Order, 1994. This review was carried out in consultation with local authorities and took account of representations received from a...

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

Martin Cullen: The Tallaght test centre has a high level of applications to undergo driving tests with an average waiting time of 42 weeks at present. Some 11 driver testers are headquartered at the centre. My Department endeavours to arrange an early test for candidates who provide documentary evidence of the need for an urgent test. My Department is in consultation with the Department of Finance about a...

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

Martin Cullen: The responsibility for the development of rail freight rests with Iarnród Éireann, which has statutory responsibility for the allocation of resources to particular projects such as the one mentioned by the Deputy. I understand that Iarnród Éireann has been in discussion with interested parties to provide facilities for the transport of sugar beet. I have had no discussions with Iarnród...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (9 Mar 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, who hold and administer the national driver file, has advised me that the number of provisional licence holders was 380,347 as at 31 December 2004. That Department has also provided a breakdown of this figure into the various categories as in the table. Analysis of Provisional Licence — Numbers broken down by Category and...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (9 Mar 2005)

Martin Cullen: Assignments have been made by the Secretary General of my Department under section 4(1)(i) of the Public Services Management Act 1997. These include officers at assistant secretary and principal officer or equivalent grades and some specific offices such as the personnel officer, and so forth. The assignments have been made on a named basis to each of the officers concerned and make specific...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (9 Mar 2005)

Martin Cullen: The principal mechanism for the assignment of functions to civil servants is the Public Service Management Act 1997, and the relevant sections are 4, 9 and 12. There are a number of legislative provisions which provide that particular matters may be delegated to officials as prescribed in the relevant legislation; examples include delegation of functions under section 4 the Freedom of...

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (9 Mar 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Minister as a corporation sole is a legal entity, separate from his own personnel capacity as a person. The department has no legal personality of its own. My Department does not enjoy nor does it accept legal rights or liabilities distinct from those of my office as Minister.

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (9 Mar 2005)

Martin Cullen: I refer the Deputy to a reply to Questions Nos. 340 to 345, inclusive, answered on 18 November 2003 which includes information relating to the approach surfaces of the runways at Dublin Airport. As I have mentioned in previous replies to the House on 1 July 2003, the present red zones at Dublin Airport were formally established in 1968. I understand that the red zones at Cork and Shannon were...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (9 Mar 2005)

Martin Cullen: I understand that the scheme referred to by the Deputy which was prepared in the late 1960s, envisaged restrictions relating to runways 05/23 and 18/36 for the purposes of air safety. The further details requested by the Deputy are now the responsibility of the Dublin Airport Authority, formerly Aer Rianta.

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (9 Mar 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 223 and 224 together. Following consideration by the Government, the final public safety zones report is now available on my Department's website. All of the details used in calculating the sizes of the zones are included in the report. I am arranging to have a copy of the report placed in the Oireachtas Library.

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (10 Mar 2005)

Martin Cullen: None of the State airports receives Exchequer support and it is not envisaged that that situation will change when Shannon and Cork airports become fully independent in accordance with the framework provided in the State Airports Act 2004. Aside from a debt free start, which of course in itself will be a major boost for the new Shannon Airport Authority, the funding of future developments at...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (10 Mar 2005)

Martin Cullen: A comprehensive review of the classification of the national and regional road system was concluded in 1994 as set out in Statutory Instrument, S.I., 209 of 1994: Roads Act 1993 (Declaration of National Roads) Order, 1994 and S.I. 400 of 1994: Roads Act 1993 (Declaration of Regional Roads) Order, 1994. This review was carried out in consultation with local authorities and took account of...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (10 Mar 2005)

Martin Cullen: In the case of the practical driving test, where a candidate notifies my Department of the existence of a disability, it is the practice to assign the test to a supervisory driver tester who has more time to conduct the test. The oral part of the driving test is in place to establish the candidate's knowledge of the rules of the road but a candidate cannot fail the driving test solely on this...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (22 Mar 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 310 and 343 together. A thriving air transport industry is particularly important for Ireland, given our island location on the periphery of Europe, and our reliance on the air transport industry to maintain our strong economic links to the United States. Any proposal to introduce an aviation fuel tax or carbon levy on air travel journeys would have to be...

Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (22 Mar 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Department of Transport paid out €682,000 approximately in car mileage expenses in 2004, of which approximately €503,000 relates to driver testing costs. A further €4,350 approximately was paid to cover rail or bus ticket expenses within the Department in 2004.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (22 Mar 2005)

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