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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Staff (6 Nov 2012)

Leo Varadkar: There are two areas in my Department with rostered attendance patterns, the Irish Coast Guard and the Driver and Vehicle Computer Services Division, where staff work shift patterns.  The rostered work patterns are necessary in the case of the Irish Coast Guard to provide a 24 hour/7 day rescue service for the State 365 days a year.  The shift patterns in the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cross-Border Projects (25 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The Narrow Water bridge project was submitted for INTERREG IVA funding and yesterday the steering group of the Special European Union Programmes Body (SEUPB) responsible for overseeing the INTERREG programme approved funding of €17.4 million for the project.  As part of the proposed financial arrangements, my Department together with the Department of Finance and Personnel in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Licences (25 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The legislation in this area provides that a person who held an Irish driving licence which has expired - whether or not they were living outside the jurisdiction - is entitled to apply for a new licence in the normal way within ten years of the expiry of their old licence, and does not need to go through retesting.  The purpose of driver licensing rules is to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (25 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The Roads Act 1993 as amended is very clear as to the responsibilities of the local authorities and landowners in relation to maintaining verges and hedgerows along public roadways. As such, I have no function in the matter. This is a matter for the individual local authorities and their elected members.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (25 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 259 to 270, inclusive, together. The issues raised are operational matters for the National Transport Authority (NTA) and I have forwarded the Deputy's questions to the NTA 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: Consultancy Contracts (25 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will be forwarded as soon as possible

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Redeployment (25 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: Within the Department  from 2009 to date the combined impact of staff reductions and restructuring saw a fall of 35% in the senior management grades. This streamlined the organisational and management structure of the Department to the extent that the filling of four management posts by internal promotion were negotiated and sanctioned by the Department of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Redeployment (25 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 275 and 276 together. Details requested of the staff that have redeployed out of my Department since 27th March 2009 are contained in the table below. No staff have redeployed in to my Department.  Staff were redeployed to other Government Departments and Public Sector Agencies as part of my Department's efforts to achieve staffing efficiencies...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Remuneration (25 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: No staff in my Department receive a Gaeltacht allowance. I have asked the State agencies under the aegis of my Department to provide the Deputy with the information requested. If you do not receive a reply from the agencies within ten working days please advise my private office.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (24 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: State grants available to supplement expenditure by local authorities on the maintenance of regional and local roads have been reduced significantly and there will be further cuts over the next few years.  The scale of the cuts have necessitated that some grant programmes be curtailed or ended.   In making adjustments to the regional and local roads allocations...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (24 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The issue raised by the Deputy is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA), in conjunction with Iarnród Éireann.  I have referred the Deputy's question to the NTA 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: Departmental Bodies (24 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware, the current configuration of my Department came into operation in 2011 with Tourism and Sport previously being part of the then Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport, bringing two of the key areas for cooperation under the Good Friday Agreement, tourism and transport, together, as well as bringing a North/South body established under that Agreement,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (24 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The matter raised is an operational one for Tourism Ireland Limited as the body responsible for promoting the island of Ireland as a visitor destination overseas. I have referred the Deputy's Question to Tourism Ireland 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: Parking Regulations (23 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister I have responsibility for the laws relating to parking on public roads.  Within the options provided by these laws, it is a matter for the relevant local authority to decide what are the appropriate controls to apply to parking on a given street, including whether to apply time limits to parking at given locations, paid parking or indeed to ban parking at such...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Semi-State Bodies (23 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: The issue raised is a matter for CIÉ and its subsidiary, Bus Éireann, and I have referred the Deputy's question to CIÉ 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 (23 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: Bus Éireann currently operates two types of public service; commercial services operating under the Expressway brand, which are operated under licences granted by the National Transport Authority (NTA) and socially necessary but financially unviable services, known as Public service Obligation (PSO) services, which are operated under a contract with the NTA. The NTA makes a payment to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (23 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 706 and 707 together. Full details of State Board appointments including Chairpersons, are available on the Department's website as are the fee levels approved by Government for each agency.  Details of the actual fees paid to a director in any year are available from the annual report of the relevant agency. Since my Department advertised...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (23 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: I refer the Deputy to my response to his earlier Question in which it was explained that 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. The issues raised by the Deputy are, accordingly,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (23 Oct 2012)

Leo Varadkar: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006) the Road Safety Authority has responsibility for the delivery of the National Car Test. In exercising its supervisory role in monitoring the delivery of the NCT, the Authority appointed Price Waterhouse Coopers and the Automobile Association to monitor the ongoing compliance of...