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Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: The focus of the penalty points system is on driver behaviour that impacts on road safety. The only parking offence that is included in the system is the serious offence of dangerous parking. It is considered that it would not be appropriate to extend the system to include drivers who illegally park in a disabled persons parking bay. A number of measures have already been initiated on other...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: The National Safety Council (NSC) was allocated in excess of €5m from the Exchequer for 2006. The Council also received funding from the Irish Insurance Federation and from private sponsorship in the estimated amount of €1.2m. On 1 September 2006, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) under the auspices of my Department was established. Among the responsibilities assigned to the RSA were the...

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: Responsibility for the development and maintenance of the regulatory framework for the control and operation of taxis, hackneys and limousines, including the licensing of such vehicles, rests with the Commission for Taxi Regulation. The Commission is an independent body established under the Taxi Regulation Act 2003. The letter in question was the subject of correspondence between my...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: It is not clear what inaccurate information the Deputy is referring to in this question. For my part I am satisfied that information provided in replies to previous questions was accurate and based on records held in my Department. In 1968 the then Department of Transport and Power notified Dublin County Council of the areas in which it was considered that restrictions on new development...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: As previously announced, the Government has decided that the regulation of the bus market in the Greater Dublin Area will be the responsibility of the Dublin Transport Authority and has decided to mandate the Dublin Transport Authority to procure 100 buses from the private sector to provide services on new routes. The precise arrangements for the awarding of franchises to private operators...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: In the period 2000 to 2006 a total of 539 kilometres of new roads were completed and opened to traffic. A further 5 kilometres of roadway associated with interchanges was also provided. In addition, 349 kilometres were in construction at the end of the period in question.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: My Department paid out 1,151,848 euro in car mileage expenses in 2006, of which 639,420 euro related to driver testing costs. A further 39,000 euro approximately was paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses in 2006.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: My Department was established in May 2002 and assumed functions which had previously been performed by a number of other Departments. Since then the Department has taken on responsibility for certain functions in the area of Maritime Transport and Safety, including the Irish Coast Guard. A number of functions relating to road safety have also been transferred to the newly established Road...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: The table outlines the gender balance in each grade in my Department. In respect of the agencies that come under the aegis of my Department the information on gender balance should be sought directly from such agencies. Grade Male Female Secretary General 0 1 Assistant Secretary 6 0 Principal Officer 17 2 Assistant Principal 25 19 Higher Executive Officer 32 38 Administrative Officer...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: My Department's Sectoral Plan under the Disability Act 2005, entitled 'Transport Access for All', addresses the accessibility needs of people with mobility, sensory and cognitive impairments across all transport modes and contains time bound targets for the progressive realisation of accessible transport in Ireland. A copy of this Sectoral Plan is available in the Oireachtas Library. Bus...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: The information sought by the Deputy is outlined in the tables. In relation to directives which are overdue for transposition, every effort is being made by my Department to have the transpositions effected at the earliest possible date. There are a number of directives which have been partially but not fully transposed. These are listed separately in the second table. While the major...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: I can confirm that an application was received on the 28th July, 2006 from the operator referred to by the Deputy for bus passenger services between Oranhill and Galway City Centre. The Company was informed at that time that the Department had on hand a prior notification for services on or along part of the route in question which would have to be finalised before a decision could be made...

Written Answers — Regional Airports: Regional Airports (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: I am very pleased to say that I recently approved Exchequer grant aid amounting to €6.3 million for Galway Regional Airport under the Transport 21 capital expenditure grant scheme for the six regional airports which was launched by my Department last year. The allocation for Galway includes €2.8 million in respect of projects aimed at providing enhanced levels of safety and security and...

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: The Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations, 1997 empower local authorities, the Irish Wheelchair Association and the Disabled Drivers Association, to grant a disabled person's parking permit to a person who is suffering from a disability that is of a nature that prevents him or her from walking or causes undue hardship to the person in walking. A review of all aspects of the...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: The provision of public bus services by Dublin Bus or private bus operators on specific routes to serve particular areas is an operational matter for the companies themselves. Currently my Department has no outstanding notifications on hand from Dublin Bus to operate bus passenger services in the Griffeen Avenue area of Lucan.

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: The day to day operation of train services including service timetabling is an operational matter for Iarnród Éireann.

Written Answers — Integrated Transport Services: Integrated Transport Services (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: Last Thursday, March 15th, my colleague Pat the Cope Gallagher, T.D., Minister of State in my Department, announced his approval of the introduction by Bus Éireann of a number of new services and re-routing of existing services to serve Ireland West Airport Knock. The Airport currently has a Bus Éireann air coach service to Charlestown, Co. Mayo which was launched in June 2004. The newly...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: I refer the Deputy to my answer to PQ, Reference No. 6696/07. To date 18 officers have transferred out of my Department under the decentralisation programme. None of these staff had a previous transfer within a two year period of the decentralisation transfer and none transferred from a non-Dublin office to a Dublin office in the initial transfer. The matter of staff being held in Dublin...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: An accessibility audit regarding the services and facilities available to disabled persons was carried out in the Department last Summer, and implementation of the recommendations made following this audit have recently commenced. An induction loop system has been installed in our Conference Rooms for staff and visitors with a hearing disability and a review of the Department's switchboard...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (8 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: In 2003 my Department engaged the services of PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) in association with Matheson Ormsby Prentice and Steer Davies Gleave to advise on the restructuring of the State Airports and on the drafting of the State Airports Act 2004. After the enactment of the legislation PWC were also engaged to advise me and the Minister for Finance on the implementation of the State...