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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (26 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Road Safety Authority (RSA), which is responsible for the National Driver Licensing Service (NDLS), has been engaging for some time with the driver licensing authorities in Canada with a view to reaching mutual recognition agreements on driving licences between Ireland and Canada. Agreements of this kind can be complex, and involve detailed studies of the driver licensing regimes on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Expenses (26 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: There are two areas in my Department where official vehicles are used – the Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) and the Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU). Use of these vehicles is restricted to the operational functions of the IRCG and AAIU and is not available to non-technical administrative staff in the Department. As such, the situation as described by the Deputy does not arise.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Details of the regional and local road grant payments to Donegal County Council are outlined in the regional and local road grant payment booklets which are available in the Dáil Library.  Details of the 2014 regional and local road grant allocations to each county council are also available in the Dáil library. With regard to national roads, details of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Details of the regional and local road grant payments to councils including Galway City Council are outlined in the regional and local road grant payment booklets which are available in the Dáil Library.  Details of the 2014 regional and local road grant allocations to each council are also available in the Dáil library.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1224, 1225 and 1281 together. The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those 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: Driver Licence Applications (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The operation of the National Driver Licensing Service is the Statutory responsibility of the Road Safety Authority.  I have therefore referred the question to the Authority for direct reply.  I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a response has not been received within ten days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport I have responsibility for policy and the overall funding of public transport. Matters relating to the re-opening of railway stations, such as at Dunleer, are a matter for Iarnród Éireann in the first instance. I understand from Iarnród Éireann that there are no current plans to re-open Dunleer station and no...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Applications (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The operation of the National Driver Licensing Service is the statutory responsibility of the Road Safety Authority (RSA), and I have no power to intervene in individual cases. The general point at issue here arises from a change to driver licensing law in 1989.  Before the change there was a single licence category which covered driving of a car and driving of a car with trailer. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme.  The planning, design and implementation of individual road projects is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Within its capital budget, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Applications (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Requirements to be met in order to be considered medically fit to drive, including the eyesight requirements, are set at EU rather than national level.  Because of the inevitable risk of deteriorations in health, including eyesight, due to aging, people renewing their driving licences after the age of 70 are required to undergo both medical and eyesight tests. The eyesight test can be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Issues (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The issue raised is a matter for Bus Éireann and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the company 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: Road Safety (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: 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. In 2008, the RSA having reviewed the car testing specification, proposed a number of modifications to the National Car Test (NCT). A public consultation on those proposals was conducted by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Under the Regional Airports Programme, Exchequer support is provided to Donegal, Waterford, Kerry and IWA Knock airports through the Capital Expenditure Grants (CAPEX) Scheme, the Operational Expenditure Subvention (OPEX) Scheme and a Scheme for subventing Public Service Obligations (PSO) air services operating between Kerry and Dublin and Donegal and Dublin. The current Regional Airport...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The details requested by the Deputy are shown in the following table. - January 2012 June 2012 September 2012 February 2013 June 2013 Sept 2013 January 2014 Galway 13 passed 12 passed 4 passed 20 passed 11 passed, 1 failed 4 passed, 2 failed Not yet available Enniscorthy 1 passed, 4 failed, 1 deferred 1 passed, 2 failed 2 failed - 4 passed, 4 failed 3 passed ~ Maynooth 7 passed, 2...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Driver Licence Service (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The operation of the National Driver Licensing Service (NDLS) is the statutory responsibility of the Road Safety Authority (RSA). As I have previously indicated to the House, there were some initial teething problems when the NDLS was launched in late October of last year, and these led to some unacceptable delays in processing driver licence applications, which developed over the first few...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Driver Licence Service (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The operation of the National Driver Licensing Service, including the contracting process for outsourced providers, is the statutory responsibility of the Road Safety Authority.  I have therefore referred the question to the Authority for direct reply. I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a response has not been received within ten days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Applications (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The operation of the National Driver Licensing Service is the statutory responsibility of the Road Safety Authority.  I have therefore referred the question to the Authority for direct reply. I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a response has not been received within ten days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport.  Following the establishment of the National Transport Authority (NTA) on 1st December 2009, the implementation and development of infrastructure projects in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), such as the proposed routes for the Bus Rapid Transit...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reports (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1240 and 1241 together. I do not publish every report which is available within my Department. Many are purely of interest for internal planning purposes or contain legal advice, policy deliberation or commercially sensitive information. Details of all external reports commissioned by my Department together with their purpose and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Land Acquisition (25 Mar 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As I indicated in my reply to the Deputy's previous Parliamentary Question on this matter of 27th February 2014, this issue is a matter for CIÉ.  I understand CIÉ responded to the Deputy on 28th February. I have also forwarded the Deputy's further question to CIÉ.