Results 5,561-5,580 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (24 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available and will be forwarded to the Deputy when it is available.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: Where a hard shoulder area is provided on a non-motorway road i.e. on a national primary or a national secondary road, on a regional road or on a local road, a driver is allowed to pull over onto the hard shoulder area to facilitate overtaking by faster moving vehicles in the circumstances referred to by the Deputy when it is safe to do so, and having regard to the presence of any pedestrians...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: At this stage in the IPO process I am not in a position to comment on the proceeds that the Government or Aer Lingus may receive. We will not know this information until much nearer the end of the process when the number of shares to be sold and the price at which those shares will be sold will be agreed. In the context of the planned IPO, I have said that the Minister for Finance and I are...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Traffic Signs Manual, first published in 1996, incorporates the design of all of the traffic signs that can be deployed on public roads and guidance and advice in relation to the use of such signs. The Manual constitutes a direction given by the Minister under section 95(16) of the 1961 Act in relation to the design and use of non-regulatory traffic signs generally. Additions have been...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: Under section 9 of the Road Traffic Act 2004, operative since 20 January 2005, the making of special speed limit bye-laws to apply a special speed limit in lieu of a default speed limit is a matter for each individual county council or city council. Local authorities had power since the passing of the Road Traffic Act 1994 to make special speed limit byelaws and Section 12 of the 2004...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 1999 to 2004, which incorporate EU based requirements, provide that applicants for a driving licence for buses must submit a medical report to the licensing authority in support of the application. The medical report must be in a scheduled form, must be signed by a registered medical practitioner and indicate that in the opinion of the...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: As part of the response to deal with the waiting times for driving test additional staff have been made available to the driving test service. 7 staff have been redeployed from the Department of Agriculture and Food and have commenced testing following their period of training. A further 11 driver testers, recruited through the Public Appointment Service, are due to commence training before...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: My Department is now completing its work on the revision of the Rules of the Road booklet. As it is several years since the Booklet was up-dated there has been a very considerable amount of work involved in that many significant changes in the overall area of road traffic law have to be reflected in the revised booklet. This work is now substantially complete and it is intended to place the...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: My officials have again made enquiries in this case and I understand that investigations by both the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) and the Gardaí have reached such a stage that the MIBI will contact the victim shortly. I understand that the MIBI in this case had been advised that an Garda Síochána were pursuing enquiries regarding the identity of the driver which could result in...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: Committee, Report and Final Stages of the Road Safety Authority Bill 2004 are scheduled for Seanad Éireann this week. Following its passage in the Oireachtas it will be presented to the President for signature. The Bill provides for the transfer, to the Road Safety Authority, of the functions of the National Safety Council except those relating to fire safety which are being transferred to...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 349 to 351, inclusive, together. In November 2005 EU and US negotiators concluded work on the text of a first-phase EU-US Open Skies agreement. The text was unanimously endorsed at the December 2005 Transport Council subject to sufficient progress by the US side on opening up ownership and control of US airlines to EU investors. The formal US process of...

Written Answers — Aer Lingus Privitisation: Aer Lingus Privitisation (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: On 4th April the Government noted the proposals brought by myself and the Minister for Finance for the implementation an investment transaction for Aer Lingus by means of an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of shares in the company. Following consideration of the matter by Government I mandated our advisors to commence preparations immediately for the IPO. I also mandated the company to engage...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: The information sought is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Great Southern Hotels Group: Great Southern Hotels Group (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: I have been informed by the Dublin Airport Authority that the hotels of the Great Southern Hotel (GSH) Group were advertised for sale by public tender on 17 May last and that the closing date for receipt of tenders is 23 June 2006. Professional advisors have been retained by the board of GSH to advise on the sale. The Deputy will appreciate that it would not be appropriate for me to comment...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: Essentially, the NCT is a check on a vehicle to determine whether it complies with vehicle in-service standards specified in the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) Regulations 1963 as amended. While the road traffic code does not contain a specific prohibition on the modification of vehicles, article 34 of the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles)...

Written Answers — Official Hospitality: Official Hospitality (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: There are no stocks of wines held in my Department.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: I received the report of the Dublin Transportation Authority Establishment Team on the 28th March 2006. A draft Memorandum for Government is currently the subject of consultations with other Ministers and will be submitted to Government in the near future. A General Scheme of a Bill has been prepared to provide for the establishment of the new transport authority in line with the...

Written Answers — Air Safety: Air Safety (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: The International Civil Aviation Organisation which is concerned with the safe and orderly development of worldwide civil aviation has already adopted standards and recommended practices for the handling of bomb threats to aircraft in flight. Emergency planning responses to particular threats to aircraft are matters for the relevant competent authorities of the State concerned where the...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 359 and 360 together. The maximum required annual test scheduling capacity for the current 115 whole time equivalent driver testers is approximately 200,000 car tests. As outlined in Parliamentary Question Nos. 226 and 227 of 17 May 2006 the driver testing IT system is capable of meeting the immediate requirements of the driving testing service. The Department...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (23 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Programme for Government contains commitments to replace the Road Transport Act 1932 with modernised legislation to allow, inter alia, for new services in the bus market, and to introduce new services both to some new housing developments and to existing poorly served communities. In addition, I have given a public commitment to modernising the regulatory framework governing public...