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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority Staff (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 1629. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process that will be used to appoint a new Chief Executive Officer of the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37348/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Staff (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 1630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the employment terms of all the different categories of employees within Dublin Bus; the grades and salaries within the organisation, including all overtime, expenses, allowances and other related items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37365/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 1631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the effects on the Irish aviation market if the merger of American Airlines and US Airways goes ahead in the United States; if he believes that current competition law and or an anti-trust case taken against the merger in the United States, creating the world's largest airline, would have been beneficial for Irish consumers or would...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 1632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown on a year-by-year basis of the number of call-outs of each of the coast guard units that serve the County Wicklow coastline from 2005 to present; the average coast guard call out time for emergencies which occur along the Wicklow coast; the length of shoreline and nautical miles which are covered by each...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Development Projects (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 1633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the provision of an additional runway at Dublin Airport; the amount that has been allocated by his Department for the runways to date over the past number of years; if he will provide a breakdown on the way this money was spent; if he has been provided with a timeline for the next phases of development;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Integrated Ticketing (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 1634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the introduction of the new public services card may be integrated into the existing Leap card technology on public transport services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37391/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Official Engagements (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 1635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of engagements that the Minister of State with special responsibility for Tourism and Sport had on his August 2013 visit to the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37404/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Official Engagements (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 1636. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the parameters of the discussions held with ministerial colleagues at the informal meeting of Ministers for Transport in Vilnius, Lithuania from 15 to 16 September 2013; if he will detail any agreements reached; if he will provide an update on matters discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37419/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 1644. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request all providers of public transport, mainly Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann, through his Department and the National Transport Authority, to have the correct spelling of Kilpedder, County Wicklow, used on all their signs, websites, timetables and Internet applications, as opposed to the incorrect spelling of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 1645. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether Busáras, the central bus and coach station in the capital, should be opened up to private sector operators to create more competition in the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37547/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coastal Protection (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 1646. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a ship (details supplied) that ran aground off the Dublin and Wicklow coastline in August 2013 posed a threat to the coastline in terms of pollution; if the sandbanks near the Kisk Bank will pose a threat to other shipping movement in the area in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37552/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: No. I thank the Minister and his officials. What he said is correct. We have had too many political compromises on the CFP for years and against the background of the work the sub-committee is trying to do on smaller coastal communities and the people who represent the small inshore fishermen, it would be a travesty if we allowed IFCs, or whatever they are called, to become the norm. As...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Three members remain who are interested in fishing. I urge them to be as quick as possible with questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: There is an exercise which must be carried out if the Minister is to do as the Deputy suggests. I refer to the fact that a balance must be struck between the people who will be in the cohort that will receive an increase in Pillar 1 funding and those who previously received area-based payments under the disadvantaged areas scheme or REPS and who tended to be the greatest beneficiaries of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: It may be a good idea for us to get together to come up with proposals. There is an opportunity in this part of our considerations to make sure that if there is to be a coupling it rewards activity and that if anyone is at a loss it should be the people who are less active. We are still talking about it. We still have not figured out the definition of "active". Going back to coefficients...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: We seem to be having some problems with the microphones.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: Deputy Deering and Senator O'Neill have offered. We will conclude with their questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: The purpose of this morning's meeting is a briefing from the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, on the negotiations on the Common Agricultural Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy, which were concluded towards the end of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. I congratulate the Minister, his officials and the permanent staff in Brussels...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Green Paper on Defence (18 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 589. To ask the Minister for Defence the discussions he has had with officials in his Department and the Irish Defence Forces regarding a policy review and a detailed discussion document of Irish defence policy; when he expects the new Green Paper on Defence to be published, followed by a White Paper on Defence; the number of meetings held to date and the date on which the meetings took place...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Directives (18 Jul 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions No. 169 of 28 May 2013 and No. 72 on 11 July 2013, if he will detail the representations received by the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union in Brussels from industry stakeholders and organisations regarding the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive regarding...