Results 2,381-2,400 of 11,242 for speaker:Noel Dempsey

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Under EU Council Regulation 2408/92, my Department provides compensation to contracted regional air carriers for the operation of air services under the Public Service Obligation (PSO) regime between Dublin and Galway, Kerry, Knock, Sligo, Donegal and City of Derry regional airports. The services for Sligo/Donegal and Knock/Derry are provided under combined contracts. The contracts are fixed...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: As set out in my Department's Sectoral Plan under the Disability Act 2005, the Department of Transport's Guidelines for the Consideration of Passenger Road Licence Applications under the Road Transport Act 1932 encourage all licence holders to use accessible vehicles. In addition, section 48 of the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 sets out how bus services are to be procured under the Act...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 539, 551 and 552 together. Given the very significant investment involved in the construction of the preclearance facility at Shannon, I would hope that as many flights as possible would use the preclearance services there. However, I understand that Aer Lingus would face severe logistical difficulties in U.S. airports in a situation where their ex-Shannon...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: In December last, following the recommendations of the boards of the three State Airport Authorities, I announced the deferral until 2011 of a decision on the separation of the Airports under the State Airports Act, 2004 given the current very difficult circumstances in the aviation sector. I took the view at the time that it would be best to provide a reasonable period of time to enable the...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 541 and 542 together. The Road Safety Authority recently conducted a consultation process on a Graduated Driver Licensing System which could include a night time curfew for learner drivers. I will give careful consideration to whatever proposals are submitted to me in due course, on foot of this consultation process. As no proposals have as yet been...

Written Answers — Rail Safety: Rail Safety (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 543 and 546 together. In accordance with section 58 of the Railway Safety Act 2005, the Railway Accident Investigation Unit (RAIU) is now investigating all aspects of the cause of the collapse of the Malahide viaduct. The RAIU is obliged, other than in exceptional circumstances, to issue a report no later than 12 months after the date of occurrence of the...

Written Answers — Dublin Port Study: Dublin Port Study (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The references in the attached information to the Dublin Port Study published in August, and available on my Department's website, are accurate. In relation to Dublin Port Company's planning application the Minister for Transport is a "prescribed body" for such an application and I was duly consulted on the application by An Bord Pleanála. I have brought the recently published study to the...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I have noted the matters raised in the letter referred to by the Deputy. The position with regard to Terminal Two in Dublin Airport is that its construction is in accordance with Government policy on the strengthening of airport capacity. However, airport operational issues, such as the opening of the terminal, are the responsibility of the Dublin Airport Authority. In 2008, on the...

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I can only comment on the provisions of the Road Traffic Acts, which relate to vehicles illegally parked on public roads or in local authority car parks. Section 101(b) of the Road Traffic Act 1961, as amended, allows an authorised person to fix an immobilisation device (clamp) to a vehicle while it remains in the place where he finds it or to move it from that place to another place and fix...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to answer Question Nos. 548, 550, 561 and 571 together. In July this year Drogheda Port Company made an application to me for a Ministerial Order to alter the company's harbour limits, as provided for by section 9 of the Harbours Act 1996, as amended by section 3 of the Harbours (Amendment) Act 2009. A public consultation with respect of such orders is not a statutory requirement....

Written Answers — Regional Road Network: Regional Road Network (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 553 and 568 together. The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads, including bridges, in its area, is a statutory function of each road authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act, 1993. Works on such roads are a matter for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 554 to 556, inclusive, and 559 together. Dublin Bus have been allocated €82.4m in 2009 towards the cost of loss making economically and socially necessary services. The 2009 subvention to both Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann has not been increased to compensate for the withdrawal of the fuel duty rebate. The growth in the subvention paid to Dublin Bus over...

Written Answers — Dublin Transport Authority: Dublin Transport Authority (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 557 and 558 together. As I have indicated previously the Dublin Transport Authority will be established before the end of this year. I recently announced the appointment of Mr. John Fitzgerald as chairperson and Mr. Gerry Murphy as chief executive designate of the Authority. I will appoint the remaining members of the Authority in the near future.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I have no function in relation to the enforcement of planning laws. The Deputy will be aware that there is an ongoing legal action relating to lands at Harristown. Question No. 561 answered with Question No. 548.

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme element of Transport 21. The construction, improvement and maintenance of individual national roads is a matter for the National Roads Authority under the Roads Act 1993 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. The priority for the roads investment programme...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme element of Transport 21. The construction, improvement and maintenance of individual national roads projects, including the Atlantic Road Corridor, is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Act, 1993, as amended by the Roads Act 2007, in...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Civil servants from my Department who are members of boards of agencies, under the aegis of my Department, do not receive a fee, salary or remuneration in respect of such membership. Civil Servants who may be seconded to or employed by Agencies are remunerated in the normal way by reference to their grade.

Written Answers — Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The European Commissioner for Consumer Affairs recently announced that the European Commission is to seek to overhaul existing consumer protection legislation with a view to providing additional safeguards for people who book flights and accommodation over the Internet. Statutory responsibility for consumer protection in the travel industry in Ireland rests with the Commission for Aviation...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table in respect of my Department. 2004 2005 2006 2007 To date in 2009 â'¬2,351.56 â'¬53 â'¬284,682.62 â'¬159,545.10 â'¬109,615.05 Advertising or promotional programmes undertaken by agencies or bodies under the aegis of my Department are undertaken by them in the exercise of their statutory functions. This is...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (16 Sep 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The total cost of administering the cycle to work scheme in my Department has been estimated at €3,000 for 2009.