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Written Answers — Departmental Nomenclature: Departmental Nomenclature (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: In view of the decisions that have been taken by Government to transfer certain sea fisheries and foreshore functions from the former Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and to maintain the current role of the Department of Transport in relation to ports, shipping and maritime safety functions that were transferred...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: It is the responsibility of the Boards of the relevant bodies under the aegis of my Department to agree terms and conditions (including remuneration) of their respective Chief Executives. Details of remuneration are generally published in the Annual Reports.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The requested details in respect of the rail projects referred to in my reply of 4 July 2007 are set out in the table. Project Benefit to cost ratio Internal rate of return Estimated passenger numbers (per annum) Luas Line B1 from Sandyford to Cherrywood 3.33:1 13.2% 12.2 million Luas Line C1 from Connolly station to the Point 1.08:1 6.1% 2.95 million Luas Line A1 to Citywest 2.02:1...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The NRA has informed me that since the establishment of Transport 21 on 1st November 2005, 21 national roads projects have been completed with a combined total length of 180 kms. This can be broken down as: 24 kms of motorway, 106 kms of high quality dual carriageway, and 50 kms of single carriageway.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006) the issue of bus licensing and operations is a matter for the Road Safety Authority.

Written Answers — Railway Stations: Railway Stations (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The re-opening of the Clonsilla to Navan line is proposed under Transport 21 in two phases: Clonsilla to Pace by 2009 and Pace to Navan by 2015. The current position is that Irish Rail submitted an application for a Railway Order for the first phase to An Bord Pleanála in September. The company is targeting a late 2008 start (subject to Railway Order) and a Spring 2010 completion. The...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No 477 of 2006) responsibility for the collection of structured information on road safety, including the publication of the annual Road Collision Facts Report, lies with the Road Safety Authority. The most recent report relates to 2005 and is available on the Authority's website. I understand that the...

Written Answers — Regulatory Impact Assessments: Regulatory Impact Assessments (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Three screening regulatory impact assessments have been produced by the Department since 21 June 2005, concerning the Roads Act 2007, the proposed Dublin transport authority Bill and the Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007. Proposals to amend Directive 2002/59/EC, establishing a Community shipping vessel traffic monitoring and information system, and the recasting of EU...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 309 and 310 together. Dublin Bus is bringing into service the balance of 100 additional buses for which Exchequer funding of €30 million was approved in September of last year. Some 50 of the buses are in service and the remainder will be in service in the coming months. A further €15.04 million has been approved towards the cost of 100 replacement buses...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: My Department recently asked the Cork local authorities to include in their current review of the Cork Area Strategic Plan a consideration of the feasibility of introducing light rail transit and/or bus rapid transit.

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Arrangements to safeguard Heathrow slots are built into the Company's Memorandum and Articles of Association. The effect of these arrangements, at present, is that any disposal of Heathrow slots can be prevented by 30.4% of the votes cast at an Extraordinary General Meeting. 25.4% of the shares in the Company are held by the Minister for Finance on behalf of the State. Also, under the...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The total costs incurred by the Government in respect of the Aer Lingus IPO amounted to €6.2 million. The bulk of these costs relate to fees paid to the underwriters and financial advisors amounting to almost €4 million. Legal fees amounted to €1.4 million and additional ancillary expenses amounted to €800,000.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 314 and 315 together. Some 35 civil servants from the Department of Transport have relocated to new Departments and are due to move out of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme. The transfer of these staff to their decentralisation location is a matter for the new parent Departments. In addition, 6 staff have already relocated to their...

Road Safety: Motion (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: I heard it.

Road Safety: Motion (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: Put it in context as well.

Road Safety: Motion (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all the words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "—notes that Ireland has improved its road safety standing in Europe according to a new report published by the European Transport Safety Council by climbing four places in the last year to become the 12th lowest country for road deaths per million population of the 29 EU countries surveyed;...

Road Safety: Motion (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: I will deal with facts. The European Transport Safety Council, ETSC, report, covering 29 states, including all European Union member states, was published last week and evaluates the progress made towards achieving the EU target of halving road deaths by 2010. The report is based on data provided by member states for the period 2001-06. It measures performance in two ways, namely, road...

Road Safety: Motion (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The ETSC report acknowledges that road fatalities in Ireland fell by 10.9% between 2001 and 2006. More important, however, it does not reflect the fact that there has been a 25% reduction in road fatalities over the past 12 months and this downward annual trend is continuing. Since the late 1990s, Government has adopted a strategic approach to road safety policy, with the implementation of...

Road Safety: Motion (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The Department will keep under review the development of technology internationally for roadside testing for drugs, as there is no reliable equipment available for that purpose. When suitable technology becomes available, any measures applied to the roadside testing of drivers for alcohol will also be applied in respect of drugs. How much time have I left?

Road Safety: Motion (16 Oct 2007)

Noel Dempsey: The implementation of road safety measures has had a significant impact on the level of road deaths in recent years, but such measures will not work alone. Road users must take responsibility for driving behaviour and each of us can help to reduce the level of road deaths and injuries. The RSA and many other Departments will implement a range of road safety initiatives as part of the next...