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Business of Dáil (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Crumbs from the captain's table.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Ms McCaffrey for her presentation. In terms of what she just said, I would have thought her fiduciary duty is to Dublin Port. It is not macro-policy in terms of the Government's agenda with regard to other parts of the country. That is an issue for Government rather than for Ms McCaffrey so I wish her well. Ms McCaffrey has done a very good job to date. I am pleased that she is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: It was quite some time ago. Could we see an Independent in the next Dáil with a similar agenda? Third, as well as dealing with transport matters this committee has a responsibility in the area of tourism, and Dublin Port has been successful in attracting cruise ships to Dublin Port. It is obviously a lucrative business. Ireland is not in the Caribbean but yet there is considerable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Whatever suits Ms McCaffrey.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare who lodged an appeal 12 months ago will receive an outcome to their case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47141/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme Administration (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on proposals to extend the cycle to work scheme to the children of participants of the scheme in order to increase child cycling levels and increase the modal share of cycling nationally in the long term. [47301/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an agri-environment options scheme 2 payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47134/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Driver Licence Data (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 279. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unaccompanied learner drivers that have been formally issued with a fine, prison sentence or both in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 in tabular form; and her views on the efficacy of the present enforcement strategies. [47303/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Reports (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 325. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a person (details supplied) who survived sympysiotomy with their medical records including the records associated with their five births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46987/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electric Vehicle Grants (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 545 of 25 November 2014, his plans to increase the uptake of the electric vehicle grant scheme to help meet our carbon emission targets for 2020. [47299/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the success of the street repairs app used in Britain and Northern Ireland; and his views on modernising the process of reporting local maintenance issues via location-based tagging. [47296/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on increasing the notification period for national car testing from 90 days to 120 days in recognition of the exorbitant time it takes to secure an appointment; and his views on improving management of the winter high demand for annual testing. [47295/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct Iarnród Éireann to change its punctuality targets for Intercity and commuter peak services from ten minutes to five minutes; and his views on the punctuality targets for comparable rail networks internationally. [47214/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the declining number of wheelchair-accessible taxis within the State. [47215/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Smarter Transport (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has any long term targets for the continued expansion of the pedometer challenge and the ten minute cycle challenge as part of the smarter travel workplace and smarter travel campus programme. [47216/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Programmes (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 493. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for greater national participation in the green-schools travel programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47217/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 498. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the value of pedal bike passenger carriers and rickshaws for local tourism. [47297/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 499. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 578 of 25 November 2014 if he will provide details on strategies in place to lower the number of rural pedestrians killed on our roads annually. [47298/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his initiatives to help promote female cycling nationally; if his attention is drawn to the impact of the demographic to increase overall cycling participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47300/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy (9 Dec 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 501. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on measures to exculpate penalty points for those who are willing to undergo a series of road safety classes at their own expense in order to improve their driving skills and safety awareness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47302/14]