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Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (20 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Buses, like trains, can carry large numbers of passengers. Section 13 makes various amendments to the fixed charge penalty system. A separate penalty, perhaps set at €3,000 and a prison sentence, should be introduced where a person deliberately provides a false name to the Garda. A number of provisions could be introduced. I hope the Minister will accept amendments from the Opposition that...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the lack of information regarding entitlement to public nursing homes; if she will make this information available; the steps she will take to ensure that it is freely available to the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23237/06]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (15 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of all current driving test centres; the plans for additional test centres; his views on the recommendations in the FGS report that the number of centres should be reduced in order to minimise the travel time of testers and to reduce the cost of travel and subsistence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23188/06]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (15 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalties applying to commercial drivers of large vehicles for driving without a licence; the statutory basis for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23241/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (15 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding allocated and drawn down to date on preparing for the full implementation of Directive 2003/59/EC; and the measures on which this funding has been spent. [23242/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (15 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Transport the training centres he has approved to allow for the initial qualification and periodic training of drivers of large vehicles in compliance with Annex I of Directive 2003/59/EC; the criteria he is applying in assessing the respective standards of driver instructors, taught material, centre facilities, training vehicles and so on; the locations...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (15 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Transport the changes he has made to the physical characteristic of the driver qualification card to meet the requirements of Annex II of Directive 2003/59/EC. [23244/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (15 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Transport the options offered in Directive 2003/59/EC which he intends pursuing in terms of training and testing of drivers of large vehicles. [23245/06]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (15 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí allocated to Finglas Garda station in each of the years since and including 2000 and to date in 2006. [23248/06]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (14 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the prospect of the Charities Regulation Bill 2006 being before Dáil Éireann before the end of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22750/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (14 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance if tax relief under the student accommodation scheme has been granted to a development (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if so, the third level college which approved this development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23142/06]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (14 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) on humanitarian grounds in view of the medical treatment they are currently undergoing and in view of the threat to their safety in the event of their return to Nigeria. [23143/06]

Written Answers — Illegal Quarries: Illegal Quarries (13 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to issue guidelines for or direction to local authorities to deal with illegal quarries. [22503/06]

Written Answers — Audit Committees: Audit Committees (13 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has completed reviewing the role and structure of audit committees which can be established under section 122 of the Local Government Act 2001; if he has issued guidelines in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22504/06]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (13 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 must pay for their keep in a nursing home but only receive subvention of €76.35 per week in view of the fact that they do not own any property; if she will request that the subvention amount be altered in view of this fact and the person's medical condition; and if she...

Written Answers — Driving Licenses: Driving Licenses (13 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 281: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of full driving licence holders by age. [22798/06]

Written Answers — Driving Licenses: Driving Licenses (13 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of one year category B provisional licences issued in the past three years for which figures are available. [22799/06]

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (8 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to increase the number of juvenile liaison officers in view of the proven success in dealing with juvenile offenders and the increasing burden that is likely to be placed on them following the enactment of the juvenile justice sections of the Criminal Justice Bill 2004; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (7 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Transport the basis for his decision to seek an exemption in respect of the compulsory wearing of seat belts by children of three years of age or over travelling in a small public service vehicle on a seat, other than a front seat, if no appropriate child restraint is available; if the National Safety Council or Road Safety Authority was consulted in...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (7 Jun 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Transport the business case for providing the BX LUAS line in preference to other mode prioritisation options in Dublin city centre; the traffic and user modelling work upon which the project has been justified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21972/06]