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Health Services. (17 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I hope the Minister will not go back and close it down.

Health Services. (17 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: One would have to get sick in January or February or just before an election.

Road Safety: Motion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy O'Connor might start a new Tallaght strategy.

Road Safety: Motion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: That was a positive suggestion.

Road Safety: Motion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: They were all "orange" men.

Road Safety: Motion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Hear, hear.

Road Safety: Motion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I wish to comment on the Government's strategy and its impact on road safety. The target in the Government's Road Safety Strategy 2004-2006 was to reduce road deaths to no more than 300 per year by 2006. However, it failed in that objective because sadly, 368 people died that year. While that constitutes 368 more fatalities than were needed, it was also 68 greater than the Government's...

Road Safety: Motion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: One of the most effective measures adopted in Luxembourg was the on-the-spot removal of driving licences for the most serious drink driving offences. Driving licences are taken from the person in question on the spot and Ireland should take that path. While I have a number of other proposals, I will leave them for now and will discuss the proposed amendment to the motion. Following...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made on the implementation of the minimum data set method of determining the care needs of elderly patients as recommended in the O'Neill report and adopted by her Department and the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24078/07]

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (17 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 318: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the outcome of the recent meeting with a group (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24233/07]

Public Transport. (18 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress that has been made to address the lack of park and ride facilities in Dublin; if his Department has plans to meet the target of 74 park and ride sites in Dublin as was stated at the outset of Transport 21; the number of additional sites that have been provided since they were announced in December 2005; his plans to introduce park...

Public Transport. (18 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Park and ride facilities are well below what were targeted in the national plan in Transport 21. There are no park and ride facilities on the approaches to Dublin from the main motorway between Belfast and Dublin. If there were such a facility, it would prevent the delays people experience, notwithstanding the option of the port tunnel. While it is up to the local authorities in theory to...

Public Transport. (18 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The park and ride facilities are being provided by the taxpayer through the grants given to Iarnród Éireann. In Gormanstown, in the Minister's constituency, Iarnród Éireann is charging for the use of the park and ride facilities. The taxpayer has paid for them and Iarnród Éireann is hiking up the prices on people who want to use public transport. It is inequitable to take taxpayers...

Public Transport. (18 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Gormanstown.

Air Services. (18 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Transport the way he will prevent further loss of connectivity of Irish airports, such as Cork and Shannon, to major air traffic hubs, such as Heathrow; if the delay in appointing new directors to the Aer Lingus board is jeopardising the connectivity of Irish airports served by Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24669/07]

Air Services. (18 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Is the Minister's reply not an example of total incompetence on the part of the Government? I asked about the vacant seats on the board of directors of Aer Lingus, but in reply the Minister talked about what the directors will do when they are appointed. He refused to appoint them when he could have done so and, therefore, when the slots were being discussed, two of the Government seats...

Air Services. (18 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The decision was made by the board. The board discussed it before the executive went ahead. The Government seats on the board were vacant. The vow of omerta of the Government about Aer Lingus was in operation. Did the Taoiseach's monitoring unit, which costs so much and which he praises so highly, not report to him the article in The Examiner on 13 June that stated that Aer Lingus hub...

Air Services. (18 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: On a point of order, I said it was discussed by the board and that the Minister was not represented by his regular nominees.

Air Services. (18 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is.

Road Safety. (18 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the transfer of responsibility for regional roads to his Department, he will delegate responsibility for the safety auditing of roads to the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24670/07]