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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax (17 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: The EU Payments Services Directive 2 (PSD2) require Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) to be used for all electronic transactions. The Directive requires all online service providers to capture additional transaction information pertaining to the cardholder and to send this to the cardholder’s bank. The cardholder’s banks use this data to verify the cardholder, with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (17 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: The operation of the National Car Test Service (NCTS) 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: Electric Vehicles (17 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: The table below contains the details of the total number of electric vehicles registered in Ireland in 2022 to date and annually over the past ten years. These numbers do not include hybrids. Year Number of Vehicles 2022 (up to end of April) 8,009 2021 9,886 2020 5,285 2019 4,497 ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (17 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Vehicles details such as make, model and body type are collected at the initial registration of a vehicle by the Revenue Commissioners and are provided electronically to the Department of Transport's National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) to facilitate first licensing of motor tax for the vehicle. An SUV is not a specific category under the classifications in use. Such vehicles will be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (17 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: The operation of the driving test service is the statutory responsibility of the Road Safety Authority and 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: Energy Policy (17 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government is ensuring that all EU sanctions once agreed are being implemented, including in the transport sector. Currently, European sanctions applying to Russia exclude oil product. Petrol, diesel, home heating oil and kerosene are not subject to sanctions and there is no legal basis to refuse to accept such products. It is vital that Ireland continues to move in step with our...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft (17 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 224 and 239 together. The air operator for the flight detailed was not granted an exemption to permit the carriage of munitions of war, pursuant to Article 5 of the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders, 1973 and 1989. The air operator had indicated, prior to the flight, that the cargo carried consisted of basic...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Licences (17 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Marine Survey Office of my Department is collating the information requested and I will issue a comprehensive reply upon receipt of that information.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation (17 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: I wish to thank the Deputy for his question. The daa has advised that in 2019, there were 1,400 active taxi permits operating at Dublin Airport. The impact of Covid-19 resulted in many drivers leaving the industry and a result, there has been a drop in active driver permits (to c.1000 – 1050) at the airport and an increase in taxi queue times. However, permit levels are expected to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (17 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Over the course of the past ten years grant aid totalling almost €76 million has been provided to support essential safety and security related projects and activities at Ireland’s smaller regional airports. While the vast majority of funding was provided under the Regional Airports Programme, capital funding was provided to City of Derry Airport for essential safety works in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (17 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Merchant Shipping Act of 1992 provides for the licensing of passenger boats, that is boats carrying not more than twelve passengers for reward. Passenger boat operators who wish to engage in such operations, including charter boats where the crew is provided by the owner of the vessel, must hold a passenger boat licence. The Act also provides for the appointment of authorised officers...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (17 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Under legislation, the Road Safety Authority is responsible for the Driver Testing Service. I have therefore referred this 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 Licences (12 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: All enquires relating to driver licensing are handled by the National Driver Licence Service, the provision of which I have delegated to the Road Safety Authority (RSA) under the relevant legislation. My department does not have access to individual applications. I have forwarded the Deputy's query to the RSA for direct reply. If he has not heard from them in 10 working days, I would ask...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (12 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: The operation of the National Car Test (NCT) service is the statutory responsibility of the Road Safety Authority and 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 Licences (11 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: An Irish driving licence can be renewed up to ten years after the date of expiry of the licence, provided that the applicant meets the relevant requirements. Details are available from the National Driver Licence Service (NDLS) and on its website at www.ndls.ie. A driving licence may be renewed in person, by appointment only, at any NDLS centre. A MyGovID account or email address is not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (11 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Under legislation, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) is the body responsible for the operation of the Theory Test and I am aware that the Driver Theory Test provider offers various options to accommodate candidates who may require special assistance to take their test. For instance, they offer a voice-over option whereby the questions and answers are read out to the candidate over the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fire Safety (11 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: I wish to thank the Deputy for her question. I understand that concerns relating to the use of firefighting foams or Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF), were raised at a meeting of the Dublin Airport Environmental Working Group which took place in November 2021. The daa has advised my Department that these concerns were immediately addressed by the daa, with representatives in attendance...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (11 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 76 and 77 together. My Department is responsible for the Irish Coast Guard building programme – essentially aimed at ensuring Coast Guard Units along the coast are fit for purpose. The programme is managed through The Commissioners of Public Works (OPW) from planning design to build and on-going maintenance, with legal assistance as necessary from the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (11 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Schedule 6 of the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006 (SI 537 of 2006) sets out the aspects and standards of physical and mental fitness required to obtain a driving licence. The most recent changes to the eyesight standards were made in 2010, by the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (SI 544 of 2010). These...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (10 May 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 191, 192 and 220 together. 191, 192 and 220 together. An Post is a commercial State body with a mandate to act commercially and it is longstanding Government policy that postal services will not be directly subsidised by the taxpayer. An Post has statutory responsibility for the State’s postal service and the post office network. In addition,...