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Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (9 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the claim made by the trade union IMPACT that it will cost up to €65 million per year to retain specialist staff who do not wish to relocate under the decentralisation programme, but who will have no obvious role in Dublin; if his Department has undertaken any assessment of the likely cost of retraining arising...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (9 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the anticipated costs, in terms of acquiring and equipping premises and other related costs at the latest date for which figures are available, of the original decentralisation programme announced in budget 2004 and the slimmed down version announced in December 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33062/05]

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

Róisín Shortall: Question 312: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people employed by the driver testing and standards authority; the salary costs to date in 2005, the grades of staff and the functions being carried out at each grade level; the implications for personnel in view of his decision to widen the functions of the authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33458/05]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (9 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 315: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Questions Nos. 332 and 333 of 12 October 2005, the reason he has not yet published the Medical Bureau of Road Safety's 2004 annual report; and in view of the continued delay in publishing the report and the fact that the figures are available to him, will he now furnish the information requested. [33513/05]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (9 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 316: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 228 of 27 October 2005, if he will provide the information requested on the average cost per licence to his Department of administering and enforcing the bus licensing system. [33514/05]

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

Róisín Shortall: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport the average or typical working hours per day of a driving tester; and the average number of tests per day per driving tester. [33521/05]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (9 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 320: To ask the Minister for Transport his estimate of the number of extra heavy goods vehicles that will use the West Link toll bridge as a result of the opening of the Dublin Port tunnel; his estimate of the number of extra heavy goods vehicles that will use the M50 as a result of the opening of the port tunnel; the number of heavy goods vehicles which currently use the toll...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (9 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 363 of 12 October 2005, if he will provide the figures requested. [33515/05]

Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: I want to raise the issue of road safety in respect of heavy goods vehicles, and the lack of adequate regulation in the area. Two EU directives were issued, one on the working time of drivers of HGVs and the other on the requirement to fit speed limitation devices. Those two directives, Nos. 15 and 85, were issued in 2002. What is the delay in transposing those directives into Irish law?...

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: It is a bit late now.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: With the permission of the House, I would like to share time with Deputy Howlin.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Much is revealed about the carnage on our roads by the fact that the figures included in this motion when Fine Gael issued notice of it last Friday are already out of date. Sadly, the numbers of fatalities on our roads are increasing daily and currently stand at 328 this year. This exercise is not about apportioning blame but should be about taking responsibility for a problem that has robbed...

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Deputy Howlin was a Minister and had a beard when the booklet was last published, which indicates how long ago it was. It is a scandal that anybody who begins to learn the rules of the road cannot get an up-to-date rules of the road book. This was brought to the attention of the Minister's predecessor three years ago and to the Minister last year but no progress has been made. Measures have...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (8 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her Department's estimate of the cost of payments of compensation by Residential Institutions Redress Board to persons who suffered institutional abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32809/05]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (8 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her timescale for reducing class size at both primary and post-primary level to EU norms; when she will implement the undertaking in An Agreed Programme for Government that the average size of classes for children under nine years will be brought below the international best-practice guidelines of 20:1; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 214: To ask the Taoiseach the offices of his Department which are situated on the north side of Dublin; the locations where each of them are scheduled to relocate to under decentralisation and when; those that are not yet assigned a location; and those that will be retained in their present location. [32096/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (8 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 460: To ask the Minister for Transport the costs incurred by or on behalf of his Department arising from the launch of the Transport 21 programme at Dublin Castle on 1 November 2005, including hire of venue and associated costs; cost of printing, videos, maps and graphics; if outside public relations companies or consultants were hired for the event; if so, the companies and the...

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: We know what the problem is.

Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: That is reassuring.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (3 Nov 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence the situation in relation to plans to decentralise his Department; the number of applications regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32007/05]