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Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: On receipt of notification from An Garda Síochána of payment of a fixed charge in respect of an alleged penalty point offence or notification from the Courts of a conviction for a penalty point offence the appropriate penalty points are endorsed on the person's driver licence record in the National Driver File where a person holds an Irish driving licence. In the case of a person who holds...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 102, 129 and 166 together. The Strategic Rail Review, commissioned by my Department, contained a comprehensive examination of the rail freight business and its realistic potential to support economic development and contribute to sustainable development. Iarnród Éireann, in responding to the challenges contained in the Review, developed a business plan with...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: It is a day to day operational matter for the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) to ensure that disruption to the operation of Dublin Airport is minimised during the construction of Terminal Two and I have no function in the matter. However, I am advised by the DAA that great care will be taken to ensure that the potential for such disruption is kept to the minimum during the construction work....

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: Transport 21 includes two Metro lines — Metro North from St. Stephen's Green to the north of Swords, in the vicinity of Lissenhall, to be completed in 2012 and an orbital line, Metro West, linking Tallaght with Ballymun and serving Clondalkin, Liffey Valley and Blanchardstown which is scheduled for completion, on a phased basis, by 2014. I launched a public consultation process by the RPA...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: Speed limits that apply to specified classes of vehicles under the Road Traffic Act 2004 are termed Ordinary speed limits. Since 20 January 2005 a maximum speed limit of 80 km/h applies to goods vehicles that have a design gross vehicle weight in excess of 3,500 kilograms on all roads except where a lower road speed limit applies. The same level of fixed charge and penalty points that applies...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: Persons engaged in the transport of dangerous goods by road must comply with a range of requirements set down in the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations 2004. The Regulations, which were made by the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, impose duties on the various participants associated with the carriage of the dangerous goods. The range of...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 108, 312 and 313 together. In the four months since Transport 21 became operational, significant progress has been made. On Luas, I have received applications from the Railway Procurement Agency for two Railway Orders for Luas extensions to the Docklands and to Cherrywood. The Public Inquiry in relation to the Cherrywood extension was held in March 2006 and...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: I note that the Deputy is seeking to enter into an ideological debate rather than seek information. It is clear that neither public nor private ownership serves as a guarantee of financial or commercial success and there are many examples of shortcomings and financial failure of State companies across the world. I have set out on many occasions the rationale for the Government's decision on...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: The roll-out of the penalty points system to the range of offences set out in the Schedules to the Road Traffic Act 2002 was commenced in October 2002. It was progressed further in 2003, 2004, and significantly extended from 3 April 2006. The total number of offences to which the penalty point system now applies is 35. The progressive extension of the penalty point system will continue to be...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: The appointment of authorised testers for the purposes of compulsory annual roadworthiness testing of commercial vehicles is a matter for local authorities in accordance with the European Communities (Vehicle Testing) Regulations 2004. I understand that there are currently 157 authorised testers in the country.

Written Answers — Road Signage: Road Signage (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: Under section 95 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 road authorities may provide regulatory traffic signs and non-regulatory traffic signs such as information, direction and warning signs as they consider desirable. Such signs must be in accordance with the Traffic Signs manual. At locations where bus lanes or cycle tracks are provided the relevant regulatory traffic signs including roadway marking...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 115 and 148 together. The decision to apply a special speed limit, including the application of a periodic speed limit, at any location is a matter for determination by each city council or county council. I have no function in relation to the timing of the imposition of special speed limits at any location. The making of special speed limit bye-laws is...

Written Answers — Cycle Facilities: Cycle Facilities (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: As I indicated in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 499 of 21 March 2006 the contents of the submission in question have been noted and the present requirements regarding the use of mandatory cycle lanes will be looked at in the context of the review of the current traffic and parking regulations 1997-2005 that is being undertaken in my Department. At present under road traffic regulations...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 118 and 126 together. In May 2005, the Government agreed to the State disposing of a majority shareholding in Aer Lingus in order to facilitate equity investment in the company. The Government mandated myself and the Minister for Finance to appoint advisers to advise on the nature, scale and timing of an investment transaction and to revert to Government with...

Written Answers — Driving Instruction: Driving Instruction (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 121 and 158 together. Proposals developed by my Department for the regulation and quality assurance of driving instruction will involve a test of the competence of individual instructors. A working group comprising representatives of my Department and of instruction interests has formulated the design of the standards that a driving instructor must meet. The...

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to make road traffic regulations to provide that control on entry to roads or an area/zone may be applied in respect of goods vehicles by reference to the number of axles on the vehicle. This regulatory measure will be applied through the provision of a traffic sign that must be provided at the entry point on each road or area/zone to which the control on entry measure is being...

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: One of the central strategic aims of my Department is to attract people out of their cars and onto public transport, so reducing congestion, and also pollution, and improving overall quality of life in Ireland. There are several developments necessary to achieve this end. Provision of appropriate parking facilities for rail commuters is one of them. In the Greater Dublin Area, there is a...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 125, 132, 157 and 314 together. In November 2005 I appointed a Dublin Transport Authority Establishment Team. I asked the Team to: —make recommendations on the establishment of a transport authority for the Greater Dublin Area, addressing the remit of the authority, its powers, structure, organisation and human and other resource requirements and such other...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: The North/South Work Programme which was agreed by the North South Ministerial Council, included a commitment to examine the mutual recognition of penalty points between the Republic of Ireland and the North. However, in addition to the fact that separate penalty point systems operate in the two jurisdictions on this island, the system that operates in Northern Ireland differs from that...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (3 May 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128, 140, 141, 149 and 340 together. At the outset, I should explain that the planning, design and implementation of national road improvement projects, including the Dublin Port Tunnel, is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) and the local authorities concerned, in this case, Dublin City Council. As a major new element in Dublin's road network, the...