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Written Answers — Departmental Charges: Departmental Charges (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to the publication of the Travers report, if his Department has carried out a review of the legal basis for all charges and fees levied by his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the outcome of any such review; if any charges have been identified which do not have an adequate legal basis; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Transport if the existing information technology systems used by the driving testing system will be overhauled; if so, the total cost he envisages for this project; when he anticipates this upgrade will be on-stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16104/05]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Transport if the range of duties proposed as part of the responsibilities undertaken by the Driver Testing and Standards Authority will be expanded; the consideration he has given to the recommendation that he should establish a road safety authority instead of the proposed structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16105/05]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Transport the consideration he has given to the introduction of weekend and evening driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16106/05]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he intends to pursue to encourage driving test applicants to obtain driving instruction prior to sitting their test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16107/05]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for asylum by a person (details supplied). [15931/05]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department will urgently return passports to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 16. [16061/05]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations nationwide; the number in each division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16208/05]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will make a decision on staffing grant assistance for a centre (details supplied) in County Cork. [16252/05]

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Does it make them all right?

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I wish to share time with Deputies Perry, Costello and Moynihan-Cronin.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I support the motion. There is scarcely a Department or Minister, including the Taoiseach, who does not stand condemned for the gross and unforgivable waste of taxpayers' money over recent years. Taking the hand off the tiller of control of public expenditure is a direct result of the Government becoming arrogant because it has been in power for too long. It is a Government that no longer...

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: New benchmarks in the cost of land have been set by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and that will feed into the cost of CPOs. Every road will cost more as a result of the ridiculous deal he made. Over time the nature of projects changes and, of course, they will be more expensive because standards are being changed. However, this is not an excuse for indecision and...

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: The planning phase, including the tendering phase, takes an enormous amount of time. There is no excuse for it. The Government has two years left in office and I urge it to use taxpayers' money wisely in those years.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: They paid dearly for it.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Was this in the days of keeping the show on the road?

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: It took this Government only two years to destroy the public transport system.

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I thought the Minister of State was not going to get into that. He was a member of the previous Government.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (12 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures in the short and longer term he intends to take to tackle the problem of growing commuting times revealed in a recent DTO survey examining the length of journey times into Dublin's city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15486/05]

Written Answers — Light Rail Projects: Light Rail Projects (12 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the development of a metro system to run from Dublin's city centre to the airport; his further views on whether the Irish Rail interconnector plan serves a different and separate function to any proposed metro system; his further views on the opinion that a metro system can be built for less than €500 million; and if he will make...