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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The Department of Transport does not provide specific funding for tackling problematic alcohol and illegal drug use. It is however part of the overall service provided by Human Resources and the Employee Assistance Service.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The Railway Procurement Agency (RPA), currently has responsibility for procuring an integrated ticketing system. The RPA was given this responsibility as it has no responsibility for providing transport services directly to the public and thus any concerns about the project being captured by an existing operator and causing difficulties as regards competition issues was thereby avoided. The...

Written Answers — Cycle Facilities: Cycle Facilities (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: In the National Cycle Policy all the recommendations, including the legislative recommendations, are being actively considered by my Department for early implementation.

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments 2004 (BWM Convention) was adopted by the International Maritime Organization in February 2004. The Convention is to apply internationally. Its purpose is to prevent, minimize and ultimately eliminate the transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens through the control and management of...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The volumes of rail freight carried in millions of tonnes for the last ten years are as follows: Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Tonnes 2.9m 2.7m 2.6m 2.3m 2.3m 2.1m 1.8m 1.3m 0.8m 0.7m The reduction in Iarnród Éireann's freight traffic volumes over the past 10 years reflects the discontinuation of the production of certain commodities formerly conveyed by rail...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The charging regime to which the Deputy refers, and which is a requirement under EU law relating to access by rail freight operators to the railway network, is currently under development. Iarnród Eireann has carried out work on chargeable costs for the use of the infrastructure, and my Department has engaged consultancy assistance to examine these costs with a view to ensuring a...

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The issue raised by the Deputy is a matter for the Dublin Transportation Office.

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The operation of train services, including commuter services, is an operational matter for Iarnród Eireann and I have no function in the matter. In relation to the provision of additional capacity, Transport 21 provides for the electrification of the Maynooth line to Maynooth, the re-signalling of the Maynooth line and also the removal of Level Crossings on the Maynooth line. This will...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Issues: Health and Safety Issues (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will be forwarded as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Public Transport Accidents: Public Transport Accidents (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Information on accidents that have occurred on the Irish Rail and Luas networks is published in the annual report of the Railway Safety Commission. The 2008 report is available on the Railway Safety Commission's website at www.rsc.ie. Railway accidents are investigated by the Railway Accident Investigation Unit of the Railway Safety Commission and the reports of these investigations include...

Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I am confident that the current levels of airport infrastructure capacity at the three State airports, including the airport infrastructure projects currently under construction, are sufficient to meet Ireland's short to medium term aviation needs. Over the last 5 years the DAA has invested in a significant capital development programme at Dublin airport that has seen major capacity...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I refer the Deputy to my replies to Question Nos. 64 and 88 regarding Bus Éireann and Question Nos. 79 and 90 regarding Dublin Bus which I answered earlier.

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (26 May 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 collection of statistics in relation to them, is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Act, 1993, as amended by the Roads...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The statutory power to levy tolls on national roads, to make toll bye-laws and to enter into toll agreements with private investors in respect of national roads is vested in the National Roads Authority under Part V of the Roads Act 1993 (as amended by the Planning and Development Act 2000 and the Roads Act 2007). Accordingly, the matter raised by the Deputy falls entirely within the...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads, in its area, is a statutory function of each individual local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State road grants paid by my Department. The funding available to my Department for 2009 has already been fully allocated to local authorities. The funds available to local authorities for improvement and...

Written Answers — Driving Regulations: Driving Regulations (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 246 and 247 together. The European Parliament proposed in 2008 that current EU rules on drivers hours and rest periods be amended to allow drivers engaged on cross border tours to drive 12 consecutive days, with out a break, commonly known as the '12-day rule'. The proposal was framed as an amendment to the draft Regulation on common rules for access to the...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: The study has recently been received in my Department and its contents are currently being reviewed. As regards the way maritime emissions should be assessed in the upcoming successor to the Kyoto Protocol to be agreed in Copenhagen in December 2009, Ireland supports the adoption of a mandatory CO2 Design Index for Ships and the development of market-based measures. This has been the subject...

Road Traffic Offences. (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Some of it may relate to no licences, or perhaps invalid ones.

Departmental Agencies. (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: Fatalities on our roads have fallen in recent years and the number of fatalities in 2008, at 279, was the lowest since records began. We are well on target to meet the overall strategy objective of reducing road deaths to no greater than 60 fatalities per 1 million of population by the end of 2012, which equates to 252 deaths per year. While road safety advertising campaigns are particularly...

Departmental Agencies. (26 May 2009)

Noel Dempsey: As the Deputy is aware, the question of Garda overtime is one for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. I would be surprised if the dedicated traffic corps, which has 1,200 members and which was established following a commitment given in the programme for Government, was operating on the basis of overtime. I am not sure-----