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Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (8 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: The remit of the Minister for Transport and of the road traffic and parking regulations made under the Road Traffic Acts 1961-2006 to prohibit the parking of vehicles on footpaths only apply to footpaths on public roads. Areas adjacent to public roads or footpaths that are in private ownership such as, for example, a forecourt area in front of a shop, are not subject to road traffic law as...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (8 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 205 together. I understand that the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has engaged the services of a consultancy firm to work with the management of the Cork Airport Authority in drawing up a business plan that would allow for the separation of Cork Airport from the DAA under the State Airports Act 2004. As part of that work the firm was also asked by the...

Written Answers — Open Skies Agreement: Open Skies Agreement (8 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: In November 2005, EU and US negotiators concluded work on the text of a first phase EU-US Open Skies agreement that included a transitional arrangement for Ireland, relating to the phasing out of the 'Shannon Stop'. During the transition period, the ratio of Dublin/Shannon flights would move from 1:1 to 3:1 so that for every one flight to or from Shannon, a carrier can provide three flights...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (8 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: In accordance with section 20(6) of the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001, each member of the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA), including the Chairman, shall be a person who the Minister for Transport deems has wide experience and competence in relation to one or more of the areas listed in that section. Mr. Tom Mulcahy, whom I appointed as Chairman of the RPA on 7 February last,...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (8 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 208 and 209 together. The following table sets out the position concerning public appointments made during the first 6 months of 2002 and the past 2 months. State Body Public Appointments During the First 6 Months of 2002 (9296/07) Public Appointments During the First 2 Months of 2007 (9310/07) National Roads Authority 6 3 Córas Iompair Éireann 1 0 Aer...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (8 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: The position remains as set out in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 21 February 2007. I will make a decision on the Railway Order in the near future.

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (8 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: The Government's objectives for national roads under the National Development Plan 2000 to 2006 were as follows: Completion of the Major Interurban Routes (MIUs) to the Border (M1), Galway (N4/6), Limerick (N7), Cork (N8) and Waterford (N9). The upgrade of the M50. The completion of the Dublin Port Tunnel. Improvement works on sections of other primary and secondary national routes. By the...

Written Answers — Port Sector: Port Sector (8 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212 and 214 together. The Ports Policy Statement, which I launched in January 2005, aims to better equip the port sector and its stakeholders to meet national and regional capacity and service needs. One of the key challenges that lie ahead is the provision of adequate in-time port capacity, particularly for unitised trade (LoLo and RoRo). The Policy Statement...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (8 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: The information requested is currently being compiled by my Department in conjunction with Dublin Bus, Irish Rail and the Dublin Transport Office and will be forwarded to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (8 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: The information requested by the Deputy is as follows: Red Line Green Line No. of trams 26 (30 Metre) 14 (40 Metre) Capacity of tram 235 people 310 people Passenger Nos. 2004 2.2 million 4.4 million 2005 11 million 11.2 million 2006 13.7 million 12.1 million

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: Significant progress has been made in recent years in the introduction of wheelchair accessible buses to the Bus Éireann fleet. Since the year 2000, all buses purchased by the company for urban services are low floor, wheelchair accessible. That purchasing policy will continue as the bus fleet is replaced and expanded over time. I recently announced that Exchequer funding of up to €50...

Written Answers — Bus Licences: Bus Licences (7 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: I can confirm that my Department received two applications for bus passenger services in the Galway Area from the Company referred to by the Deputy. The first application was received on the 18 July, 2006 and the second application was received on the 28th July, 2006. Within days of receipt, both applications were examined and the applicant was informed that in respect of the first...

Written Answers — Open Skies Agreement: Open Skies Agreement (7 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: Following recent intensive negotiations at EU US level, significant progress has been made in reaching a draft Open Skies Agreement. The draft text of the Agreement will be presented to the Transport Council for endorsement on 22 March 2007. If approved by Council, and by the US Administration, the Agreement could be signed at the EU-US Summit on 30 April 2007. It was confirmed that approval...

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (7 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: Decisions regarding the location and operation of taxi ranks on public roads are matters for consideration by the relevant local authority. Under section 84 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, as substituted by section 15 of the Road Traffic Act 2002 and amended by section 42(10) of the Taxi Regulation Act 2003, a local authority is empowered to make bye-laws in respect of any specified area in...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (7 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 and 235 together. A local authority may, by order, declare any road over which a public right of way exists to be a public road. The procedures to be adopted by a Local Authority to do this are set down in Section 11 of the Roads Act 1993. It is generally a matter for the Local Authority themselves to decide whether a specific road should be declared a...

Rail Freight: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate. I commend the Opposition on tabling the motion. The beauty of being in Opposition is that one can be utterly inconsistent and irresponsible when it comes to spending taxpayers'——

Rail Freight: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: I did not suggest that Deputy Neville was irresponsible. I will deal with the point made by Deputy Neville and I support much of what he was trying to say. I ask him to bear with me for one moment as he was the final speaker and there were many before him. I wish to deal with the issues raised. These boil down in many respects to one clear issue. What all the speakers were saying, but in...

Rail Freight: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: If the Deputy did his research properly, he would know that I was referring to specific types of new operators who were trying to use the rail system. They encouraged many of their customers to use rail freight into the Port of Waterford. However, the customers were not willing to get involved because they regarded it as too cumbersome and too expensive, even though both Iarnród Éireann...

Rail Freight: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: It would elucidate the context of what has been said in the past ten years, and explain who has delivered what and who had the interest to set out what a sustainable policy would be and what mechanism was needed to deliver it. That is the reality of Transport 21. We have a framework, unlike most countries, we have the financial resources in place and we have agencies which are delivering. I...

Rail Freight: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2007)

Martin Cullen: I have been in it.