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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons (3 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: I wish to acknowledge the pain and trauma experienced by families of missing persons in the State. As the Deputy may be aware, preliminary work was carried out by An Garda Síochána in 2019, to record unidentified remains that may be located with individual coroners across the country. My officials have been examining ways to update and take forward that work, while fully...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (3 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 and 230 together.   Government is fully committed to a sustainable post office network as a key component of the economic and social infrastructure in both rural and urban areas. Government continues to provide significant business to An Post through the Department of Social Protection’s Social Welfare contract and National Treasury...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Tests (3 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government continues to advise against non-essential international travel and that essential travel is undertaken with due regard to public health safety measures.  The latest government announcement on international travel, which indicates the approach from 19 July, 2021 onwards, subject to the prevailing public health situation, is available on www.gov.ie. To inform themselves...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: Under legislation, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) is the body responsible for the operation of the Theory Test. The location of Thoery Test centres is an operational matter for the RSA and I do not have any role in this process. This part of the question is therefore being referred to the Authority for direct reply. I would ask the Deputy to contact my office if a response has...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: In line with the further easing of restrictions, the gradual re-opening of in-person driver theory test centres will commence after the 7th of June. The Road Safety Authority (RSA) will reopen its network of test centres and will be permitted to conduct 25,000 driver theory tests per month. Prior to COVID-19, the RSA provided 15,000 tests per month. In light of the significant backlog of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: In line with the further easing of restrictions, the gradual re-opening of in-person driver theory test centres will commence after the 7th of June. The Road Safety Authority (RSA) will reopen its network of test centres and will be permitted to conduct 25,000 driver theory tests per month. Prior to COVID-19, the RSA provided 15,000 tests per month. In light of the significant...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Department is very conscious of the significant number of people waiting to take their driver theory tests. In line with the further easing of restrictions, the gradual re-opening of in-person driver theory test centres will commence after the 7th of June. The Road Safety Authority (RSA) will reopen its network of test centres and will be permitted to conduct 25,000 driver theory...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (3 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: A further extension to driving licences is currently being considered. If approved, this extension will only apply to those driving licence that will expiry for the first time between the relevant dates. Licences that have already been extended will not be extended further. A person must be resident in Ireland to apply for or renew a driving licence. A holder of an Irish licence who is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (3 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: An extension to the validity of learner permits is currently being considered. I expect to announce further details on this matter soon.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Trade Data (3 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 243 and 244 together. Tonnage The CSO has not yet published it's report showing the Tonnage of goods handled by Irish ports for Quarter 1 2021. However, the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) has published its statistical report on unitised traffic for Quarter 1 2021. Section 2.2 of the report provides a commentary on the figures for Roll On Roll Off...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (3 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: As outlined in the reply to the Deputy’s earlier Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 19 May 2021, following the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020 a Transport Manager Certificate of Professional Competence (TM CPC) issued by a competent authority in the UK, including Northern Ireland, is no longer valid in the EU. The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement does not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (3 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: I am informed by the Garda authorities that, during the past three years to date, there have been 17 incidents of human trafficking recorded as detected on the Garda PULSE system. These matters are currently with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) or before the courts. An Garda Síochána has committed significant resources to the investigation and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Postcode System (2 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: Eircodes are assigned to new property addresses using a valid postal address and verified geo-locations. All postal addresses, geographical addresses and geo-locations are provided to Eircode from authoritative sources, namely An Post and Ordnance Survey Ireland through their subsidiary company An Post GeoDirectory. An Post collects information on all new and existing buildings, as well as...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: Under legislation, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) is the body responsible for the operation of the Theory Test. The RSA has been working to deliver an online theory test service, with a pilot online test already underway for trucks and buses. This pilot service has now been extended to include a limited number of car and motorbike tests.  The new offering will see 4,000 online...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Yield (2 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: Gross motor tax receipts for Cork County Council (including receipts collected on behalf of Cork City Council) for the years 2016 to 2020 and for the period from 1 January 2021 to 27 May 2021 are set out in the tables below. 2016  Private vehicles €104,925,400  Goods vehicles €16,371,220  All other...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Records (2 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Archive of Irish Lights is a source of maritime history and also of the wider social, political, military, engineering, architectural, scientific and administrative history of Ireland in the 19th & 20th centuries. Equally, it is a source for personal and family history. Irish Lights employed many generations around the coast of Ireland for over two centuries. The earliest records...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is the body responsible for the operation of Theory Tests. The protocol for scheduling appointments is an operational matter for the RSA and I do not have any role in this process. This question is therefore being referred 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 Test (2 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: In line with the further easing of restrictions, the gradual re-opening of in-person driver theory test centres will commence after the 7th of June. The Road Safety Authority (RSA) will reopen its network of test centres and will be permitted to carry out 25,000 driver theory tests per month. Prior to COVID-19, the RSA provided 15,000 tests per month. In light of the significant...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (2 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and securing exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: Government has outlined its plan for the resumption of non-essential air travel from 19 July. This plan broadly aligns with our European partners, and details the requirements for travellers arriving from the EU and travellers arriving from third countries. The use of  antigen testing in relation to international travel is a matter for Minister for Health, in the...