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Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: My Department has asked CIE to have a blend of at least 5%.

Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Yes, that is what was originally proposed in the programme for Government. CIE purchases fuel for all three companies and its supplier has confirmed that in many cases, a 5% blend is applied by the fuel companies. In addition, both Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus have sought and received assurances that their new buses will be able to accommodate a 30% blend without affecting their warranty....

Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: It is quite to the contrary. The fact that Dublin Bus now operates with fewer buses than it used to recently-----

Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The average age of the fleet has been improved-----

Public Transport. (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: -----and the company now has buses that are much more fuel-efficient. I will make one point in this regard. Costs must be taken into account and the cost of bio-fuel increased by 46% last year. This factor must be taken into account.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Service changes are a day-to-day operational matter for Bus Éireann and not one in which I have any function. I have been briefed by Bus Éireann management on the deterioration in its financial position and on the measures necessary, including the scale and extent of service changes, to maintain its financial viability. I have also been briefed by the unions on the issues involved....

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 13 and 62 together. The Road Safety Strategy 2007-2012 was prepared by the Road Safety Authority, approved by the Government and launched in October 2007. Its overall objective, through a combination of education, enforcement and engineering actions, is to save lives and prevent serious injuries, thereby bringing Ireland in line with best practice countries in...

Written Answers — Airport Preclearance Facility: Airport Preclearance Facility (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 14 and 43 together. As Deputies will be aware the Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 was passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas last week as is due to be signed into law by the President this week. My officials are working closely with the U.S. authorities on the final aspects of the operating procedures between the two administrations to ensure that...

Written Answers — Renewable Energy: Renewable Energy (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 and 18 together. A number of initiatives have taken place in relation to Iarnród Éireann, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann to ensure more sustainable fleets in these organisations. Iarnród Éireann, for example, have in the past two years re-instated regenerative braking on all DART electrical fleets giving energy savings of 26%. Iarnród Éireann have also...

Written Answers — Integrated Ticketing: Integrated Ticketing (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The integrated ticketing system in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) is being introduced on a phased basis, based on smartcard technology. A progressive approach is being adopted to allow customers to familiarise themselves with using the new system and to permit transport operators to undertake the necessary testing with the integration of the technologies involved. The project is now firmly in...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The status of the six hangars of SR Technics at Dublin Airport is an operational matter for the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) and as such I have no function in the matter. I understand that the DAA and SR Technics signed an agreement earlier in the year, whereby DAA bought back property leased by SR Technics at Dublin Airport, comprising six hangars and related ancillary facilities. I am...

Written Answers — Bus Licensing: Bus Licensing (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: My Department is proceeding with preparations for the establishment of the Dublin Transport Authority (DTA) during 2009. A key part of those preparations is the recruitment of a Chief Executive Officer and the necessary recruitment process has now been concluded. I expect to be in a position to announce the outcome in the near future. In January 2009, the Government approved the General...

Written Answers — Transport Projects: Transport Projects (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 20, 36 and 56 together. Transport 21 continues to provide the strategic framework guiding Government investment in transport up to 2015. To date, over 60% of the major inter urban roads programme, linking Dublin with Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and the Border with Northern Ireland, has been completed and the remainder is under construction and on target...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Question Nos. 21 and 22 together. In January last I published a cost and efficiency review of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann services. The review concluded that, while both companies are generally as efficient as comparable organisations, there is considerable scope for Dublin Bus to improve its services to customers through improved network design and increased efficiencies....

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: There was no reduction in the April Supplementary Budget in the State road grant provision for maintenance works on regional and local roads in 2009 and grants totalling €125.977 million were allocated in April last to local authorities for such work in the current year. A total of €85 million of the overall provision was allocated under the Restoration Maintenance Programme to fund the...

Written Answers — Public Service Review: Public Service Review (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: As I have not as yet received the final report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes, I cannot comment on its recommendations.

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (9 Jul 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 Exchequer funding provided for to capital...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Under the National Road Safety Strategy, the RSA is committed to publishing a pedestrian safety strategy and they are at consultation phase with this project. The question may refer to the commitment in Smarter Travel, he Government's sustainable transport policy, to publish a national walking policy to meet the Government's aim of creating a culture of walking in Ireland. There are 49...

Written Answers — Acht um Thrácht ar Bhóithre: Acht um Thrácht ar Bhóithre (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Tá na socruithe maidir le téacs a thaispeáint ar chomharthaí bóthair leagtha amach ins an Acht um Thrácht ar Bhóithre 1961 (Alt 95). Tá na prionsabail maidir le téacs a thaispeáint ar chomharthaí bóthair leagtha amach i Lámhleabhar na gComharthaí Tráchta. Is é an cuspóir bunúsach atá taobh thiar díobh ná go bfhuil soiléireacht curtha ar fáil don lucht taistil sa chaoi...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (9 Jul 2009)

Noel Dempsey: On 30 June, the Railway Procurement Agency announced that it had short-listed two bidding groups, Celtic Metro Group and Metro Express, to proceed to the final stage of the Metro North PPP procurement process. The formal commencement of this final stage of the procurement process is subject to a decision by An Bord Pleanála on the railway order application for the project. The oral hearing...