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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (14 Jan 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The issue raised is a  matter for the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) in conjunction with the Luas operator and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the RPA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (14 Jan 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for developing public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA). In addition their functions have been extended to include securing or providing bus stops, bus shelters, bus stations, stands and bus fleets in the State. Noting this I have referred the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (14 Jan 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I fully recognise the importance of rail, as part of a range of sustainable travel options, in our efforts to reduce emissions and mitigate against the impacts of climate change. Irish Rail operates one of the most modern fleets in Europe, and a major resignalling project in Dublin will increase capacity through Connolly Station from 12 trains an hour to 20 from 2016 thus...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (14 Jan 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The extension of the Western Rail Corridor was postponed in 2011.Under the current capital plan the key priority with the level of resources available is to protect investments made to date and to maintain safety standards. If additional funds become available under the next capital plan, which is not certain, there will be many competing projects from all transport modes in all...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Directives (14 Jan 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will find the relevant information in the following table: Directive Expected date of transposition Commission Directive 2014/93/EU of 18 July 2014 amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment 14/07/2015 Commission Implementing Directive 2014/111/EU of 17 December 2014 amending Directive 2009/15/EC with regard to the adoption by the International Maritime...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Programme (14 Jan 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1030 and 1031 together. The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table. Bill Name Date Pre- Legislative Scrutiny Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2014 – no. 113 of 2014 – Published 16 December 2014 No pre-legislative scrutiny undertaken, as this was emergency legislation Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014 (No. 51 of 2014)...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Data (14 Jan 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: There were no secondments from my Department to external private firms during the period referred to.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Data (14 Jan 2015)

Paschal Donohoe: There were no secondments in to my Department by employees of external private firms in the period between 2011 and to date in 2015. A financial advisor was engaged on temporary secondment from PriceWaterhouseCoopers during 2010, which brought the benefit of skills and expertise on finance matters, as well as private sector experience to the Department. In return the candidate gained...

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to record my appreciation for the manner in which this Bill has been dealt with by the Dáil. I acknowledge the approach taken by Deputies in regard to its scrutiny and dealing with this challenge. I assure them I do not take this interest or approach for granted and will in the new year continue to engage with the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications on matters they...

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy. With regard to how I view the Deputy's amendments, I am very pleased that I changed the merchant shipping Bill because the Deputy pointed to an issue. As he will recall, I felt at the time that I could not accept the exact amendment he put forward to me but we changed the Bill. To be fair, I know the Deputy still wants a further change in regard to the Bill but the...

Road Traffic (No.2) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: Deputies have raised a large number of detailed points on which they expect me to respond. However, I will conclude on this point. The acceptance of liability means that this issue will not end up in court and is, as a consequence, a civil law issue. The guiding point for me in all of this has been that I am not proposing to create an offence but dealing with a legal vacuum at the point...

Road Traffic (No.2) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I meant the retrospective creation of new offences. I was incorrect.

Road Traffic (No.2) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand his concern about the retrospective nature of what is being proposed. I will be very happy to deal with his point on Committee Stage, but for now, I will sketch out my two principles for believing this is the right approach. First, the particular issue is the application of penalty points, as opposed to the enforcement of penalty points, which occurs after a person has accepted...

Road Traffic (No.2) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank all Deputies for their contributions this afternoon in what has been a constructive discussion of the Bill. I was struck by the tone in which all Deputies addressed the matter. There was open criticism and questioning of why this change is needed, as I would expect, but it took place within a framework of support for the objective of road safety legislation as well as an...

Road Traffic (No.2) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: He still does.

Road Traffic (No.2) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the House for facilitating the introduction of this Bill at such short notice. The Bill involves technical amendments to existing legislation to deal with issues related to the endorsement of penalty points on driver licence records and contains a provision to address the implications. In essence, this Bill is about road safety...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reports (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: As stated to the Deputy in Dáil Question No: 744 of the 15th July 2014 my Department's Annual Report for 2013 was published on 25th June.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (18 Dec 2014)

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.   In anticipation of the current...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has overall responsibility for the operation, oversight and delivery of the National Car Test and as such, statistics relating to NCT waiting times at any particular test centre is a matter for the Authority. I have therefore referred this Question to the RSA for direct reply.  Please advise my Office if you do not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (18 Dec 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 582 and 584 together. The issues raised are matters for the National Transport Authority (NTA) in conjunction with the bus transport providers and I have forwarded the Deputy's questions to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive responses within ten working days.