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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I am fully committed to developing a more sustainable transport system with a much greater role for public transport.  While the economic downturn led to the prioritisation of limited resources to protecting existing assets and maintaining safety standards there have been a number of initiatives funded in recent years such as the extension of LUAS, the introduction of the LEAP...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding regarding the national roads programme. The construction, improvement and maintenance of individual national roads is a matter for the National Roads Authority under the Roads Acts in conjunction with the local authorities concerned.   With regard to the Osberstown interchange and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Job Creation (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The mission statement of the Department of Transport Tourism and Sport is to ensure that the transport, tourism and sport sectors make the greatest possible contribution to economic recovery, fiscal consolidation, job creation and social development.  In that regard I have outlined my priorities to 2016 for the transport, tourism and sports sectors on my Department's website.  ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Strategies for improving road safety are set out in the Road Safety Strategy 2013 — 2020, which contains 144 Actions to be implemented by the various agencies involved in order to build on the previous Strategies with the objective of making Ireland among the safest countries for road safety. Aside from the Strategy, the Road Traffic Act 2014 was signed into law by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA). In this regard the NTA is in the process of preparing a new transport strategy for the GDA comprising the counties of Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow covering the period 2015 to 2035. Preparing such a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for developing public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) including Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects. The NTA’s report “Bus Rapid Transit – Core Dublin Network” published in October 2012 identified that while BRT does not have sufficient capacity to serve the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Roads Authority Staff (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: As the subject of this question is a matter in the first instance for the National Roads Authority (NRA), I have referred the Deputy's question to the NRA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Roads Authority Expenditure (10 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Details of NRA administrative budgets for the period 2010 – 2013 are outlined in the Authority’s annual reports and accounts for the years in question copies of which are available on the NRA website and in the Oireachtas Library. I understand that figures for 2014 and to date in 2015 are available directly from the NRA.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services Provision (5 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 266 and 267 together. I am committed to supporting a well-funded public transport system into the future, recognising the vital role it plays in our economy and society generally. I ensured that PSO funding for bus and rail services was maintained at current levels in the last Budget, the first time this has happened since 2008. I also recently...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (5 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Bus Éireann’s Expressway services are commercial services operated in competition with private operators on main trunk routes and are licensed by the National Transport Authority (NTA). By their very nature, commercial services cannot and do not receive any PSO funding from the Exchequer. All of these commercial bus operators will only provide services where it is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (5 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006), the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has responsibility for the delivery of the National Car Test. The RSA has overall responsibility for the operation, oversight, development, quality assurance and delivery of vehicle testing arrangements. Therefore, I have referred the Deputy's Question to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aer Lingus Sale (5 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: As Aer Lingus is in an 'offer period' under the Irish Takeover Rules, I am constrained in what I can say publicly on the matter, as these rules apply to significant shareholders in some regards as well as offerors and offeree companies during an offer period. I briefed the Cabinet last week on the latest position in relation to the IAG proposal to make an offer for Aer Lingus...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Properties (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works is responsible for the procurement of office (and other) accommodation required for the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and accordingly, the arrangement of lease terms, rental levels (and reviews etc.) is a matter for them. In addition, the OPW undertakes regular monitoring of space allocated to Departments to ensure that it is used to the optimum...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourist Accommodation (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Under the Tourist Traffic Acts 1939-2011, certain types of accommodation using protected titles, such as hotels and guesthouses, are statutorily obliged to register and comply with approved regulations.  These regulations mainly relate to the quality of the product and level of service.  In addition to this system of registration, Fáilte Ireland also offers a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The R179 Carrickmacross to Donaghmoyne Road is a regional and local road, the improvement and maintenance of which is the statutory responsibility of Monaghan County Council, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on such roads are funded from local authorities' own resources supplemented by State road grants.  The initial selection and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006), the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has responsibility for the delivery of the National Car Test.  The RSA has overall responsibility for the operation, oversight, development, quality assurance and delivery of vehicle testing arrangements. Therefore, I have referred the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will appreciate, one of the main causes of road crashes on Irish roads is excessive and inappropriate speed. My Department, in conjunction with the Road Safety Authority, An Garda Síochána and other stakeholders, is continuing to examine this area to identify measures that can be taken to bring about future reductions in fatalities and serious injuries....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: A Criminal Justice (Fixed Charge Processing System) Working Group, jointly chaired by my Department and the Department of Justice and Equality, comprising representatives of all relevant State bodies, was established in March 2014 to oversee and facilitate the implementation of the recommendations of a report by the Garda Inspectorate into the Fixed Charge Processing System.  As...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (4 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: Since 2011 two senior civil servants at Assistant Secretary level from the Department have been appointed to State Boards under the aegis of my Department following their retirement. Mr Paul Bates was appointed to the Board of Dublin Port Company on 19th September 2013 based on his wide ranging experience of strategic policy development and analysis, programme design and management,...

Seanad: National Car Testing System: Statements (3 Mar 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Acting Chairman. In a break with tradition, I wish to first acknowledge the presence of Sarah Davis-Goff and Lisa Coen in the Public Gallery today, founders of Tramp Press, a new publishing company that has only been up and running for a short while. They have been publishing novels by new Irish writers. They are in the House this afternoon because I will be using some of their...