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Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I will not buy extra buses given that, because of a variety of practices, I am pretty certain I am not getting value for those in the fleet at present. I will not provide them to Dublin Bus——

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I will not. The Deputy should consult some of his friends in Liberty Hall or some such place.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: They might be able to tell the Deputy some of the factors. I talk to the commuters and they say exactly what the Deputy says, that is, they do not care who provides the buses and just want them on the routes.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I happen to believe we should have the public service buses on the routes. If the Deputy wants me to start putting buses on routes, I can do so at his request, but——

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: Who says the existing ones are being used effectively? Neither I nor the Deputy knows the answer to that and I will not spend taxpayers' money — €250,000 on every bus and €80,000 in current expenditure — until I know I am getting value for the buses currently in operation. I agree with the Deputy that we need a good bus service. We need more routes, including radial and orbital...

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: Nobody is stopping anybody from using the tunnel. It is open to any operator provided it has a licence and approval. We licensed the operation of a bus service between Swords and Dublin city via the tunnel. Dublin Bus has been advised that a proposal to reroute four of its six services on the 41X route from Swords through the tunnel must be considered under section 25 of the Transport Act...

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: It must be a delaying tactic. I cannot understand why Dublin Bus would introduce a delaying tactic by not applying for consent.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I cannot make a decision on a licence or an approval when they do not apply. It would be better if, instead of writing in to me, they wrote to Bus Átha Cliath and sent e-mails, or wrote to Mr. Joe Duffy or somebody else. If they sent them in to Bus Átha Cliath, they could state that they wanted the company to apply for this so that I can approve it.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: On the other operation, nobody in this House should condone anybody who is breaking the law, even if the law is inadequate. The 1932 Act is not being adhered to. It is an offence and it must be dealt with accordingly. All the reports I received about the service were that it is top class, but it is an illegal service.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I do not know.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: It will depend on the progress we make on the DTA.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: If the Deputy wants me to bring it in, he should consult a little more widely before requesting me to do so.

Park and Ride Facilities. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 and 12 together. It is my Department's policy to strongly support the role of park and ride facilities in encouraging people to transfer from private cars to public transport. In 2002, a DTO study on bus-based park and ride concluded that it has only a limited role to play in Dublin because of the city's size and consequent distances. Nonetheless, where...

Park and Ride Facilities. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I agree with Deputy D'Arcy. I have been disappointed with the lack of progress on precisely the kind of park and ride facilities he mentioned. I am not sure that the study completed in 2002, which seemed to pour a little cold water on the idea of bus-based park and rides, still holds true at this stage and I have asked officials in the Department to examine this matter. We all come from...

Park and Ride Facilities. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: An Bord Pleanála must take into account and have regard for Government policy but it cannot ignore a local development plan which was the problem in this case.

Park and Ride Facilities. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: It cannot do so. I will take up the matter with An Bord Pleanála although in a general sense only and not in terms of specifics. On Deputy Broughan's point, I agree that some councils on the periphery of Dublin and some of the Dublin councils have been playing pass the parcel a little in respect of this issue being one for the transport company rather than them. However, that has changed....

Air Services. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: Government policy on industrial relations is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Industrial relations are primarily a matter for the parties involved and I have no function in this regard. There is a well-established structure for resolution of industrial relations disputes between employers and employees through the Labour Relations Commission and...

Air Services. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: On the latter point, the two Government nominees to the board of Aer Lingus were appointed approximately three or four weeks ago. They are Mr. Colin Hunt and Mr. Chris Wall.

Air Services. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I believe everybody should abide, in letter and spirit, to negotiated agreements. Any disagreement should be resolved through the established channels. That applies to Aer Lingus, air traffic controllers and the IAA. On the specific question raised by Deputy O'Dowd, I agree that it would be useful if, when dealing with something as essential as the air traffic control system, a genuine no...

Road Traffic Offences. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The suggestions for consideration that the Courts Service sets out in its submission to my Department are predicated on a fixed charge sum having the same legal status as a monetary fine imposed by a court following conviction of an offence. This is not the case. Therefore, on those grounds, most of the suggestions made are not legally feasible. It must be borne in mind that the fixed...