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Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (29 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: Drogheda Port Company has for a number of years been developing a proposal for a new port facility at Bremore in Fingal County in the context of a joint venture arrangement. Subject to the necessary further feasibility, commercial and regulatory work, it also presents an opportunity to provide significant additional port capacity in a prime location on the east coast. The joint venture...

Written Answers — Coast Guard Service: Coast Guard Service (29 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The Coast Guard Radio Station at Malin Head is not being closed, and therefore, no issue would arise in relation to an agreement as outlined above.

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (29 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The information requested is contained in the following table. Meetings from April 2005 to date Date Location Details 12 December 2005 Department of Transport Visit by Bulgarian Minister for Transport to discuss transport issues. 16 January 2006 Singapore Meeting with representatives of Singapore Civil Aviation Authority to discuss aviation matters. 17 January2006 Singapore Meeting with...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (24 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: Aer Lingus is a private company. I have no function in employment matters of the company.

Written Answers — Harbour Authorities: Harbour Authorities (24 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: There are currently ten State owned port commercial companies set up under the Harbours Acts 1996 to 2000. The State has a 100% shareholding in each of the companies and they are regarded as State assets. Under the Act, decisions regarding the disposal and purchase of land are primarily a matter for the companies' boards. Each of the port companies is required to publish an audited annual...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (24 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: Major investment has been made in the national roads programme in the county, including the N7 Southern Ring Road and the N7 Limerick to Nenagh. However under Section 19 of the Roads Act 1993 allocation of funding in relation to the construction or maintenance of national roads is a matter for the NRA. To date, under Transport 21, a total of €1.78m has been invested in regional bus...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (24 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: No new persons have been transferred from Dublin under the decentralisation programme since 1st January, 2008. 47 staff from my Department have transferred to posts which were due to move out of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme. Of these 47 staff, 6 have relocated to their decentralised location in Loughrea as either Department of Transport or Road Safety Authority staff.

Order of Business (24 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The Deputy is ahead of himself.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (23 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The Road Transport Act, 1932, as amended, provides the statutory basis for regulating the provision of public bus services by private bus operators. In accordance with the legislation, private bus operators apply to my Department for licences to operate scheduled bus passenger services within the State. Applications for annual licences are generally dealt with on a first come, first served...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (23 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: Safety oversight of civil aviation in Ireland is the responsibility of the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) under the Irish Aviation Act 1993. The IAA has informed me that the matter the Deputy refers to occurred in the United States and involved aircraft types which are operated by their respective airlines on internal flights in the US. The Authority has informed me that it carries out...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (23 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 has been published and circulated to members of the Houses of the Oireachtas. The Bill provides for the establishment of a 10-member Authority (section 14) and 13-member Advisory Council (section 17). Membership of the Advisory Council will include 2 members of the Dublin Regional Authority and 2 members of the Mid-East Regional Authority, all four...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (23 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 159 together. As I have stated previously, I am not in a position to publish the estimated capital cost of the Metro North project in advance of the completion of public procurement procedures. The publication of such commercially sensitive information prior to the completion of the competitive procurement process would prejudice the State's capacity...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (23 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: My Department actively monitors expenditure to ensure that annual budgets are not exceeded. No excess is expected this year as these same expenditure monitoring arrangements are in place for 2008. In his Financial Statement to the Dáil in December 2007, the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance announced that the Government had agreed to an efficiency review of administrative expenditure...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (23 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I refer to my response to Parliamentary Question Number 135 on 9th April, 2008 in which I advised the Deputy that my Department has made no demand on Dublin Bus to cease any of its authorised Route 25X departures operating from the South Lucan area and has not refused any proposals from the Company for the provision of additional Route 25X departures.

Seanad: Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Second Stage (23 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I thank the Members who have spoken on this Stage of the Bill and for the constructive manner in which they have approached Second Stage. Some speakers on the Opposition benches have referred to this but I wish to clarify it is not my intention to have Committee Stage before the House next week. I believe the House should have another week before Committee Stage to allow for Members to...

Seanad: Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Second Stage (23 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: County Louth was fortunate enough to be designated as part of the Border, midlands and western, BMW, region and to enjoy the benefits arising from that. It has not been included in the greater Dublin area for the purposes of this Bill because it cannot be designated as belonging to both regions. As Senator Ryan observed, however, there is provision to extend that definition and the Dublin...

Seanad: Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Second Stage (23 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I am pleased to introduce the Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 for the consideration of the House. The main purpose of this Bill is to put a single public body in overall charge of surface transport in the greater Dublin area. Simply put, the objective of this Bill is to ensure people living and working in the greater Dublin area will in future have a high quality integrated transport...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (22 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I can confirm that no licence has issued to the company as referred to in the Deputy's previous Parliamentary Question on the 2nd April, 2008. I refer the Deputy to my reply to that question in which I advised that the consideration of the said application had to be held in abeyance until such time as a prior application from another private operator for services on a similar route had been...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (22 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 216 and 217 together. Section 18 of the Road Traffic Act 1968 (as amended by section 19 of the Road Traffic Act 2002) provides for the making of regulations in relation to the control of driving instruction, with subsection (2)(g) of section 18 enabling regulations to be made to prohibit the giving of instruction for reward unless the person concerned is...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (22 Apr 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The Department of Transport was only established in 2002.