Results 6,421-6,440 of 11,242 for speaker:Noel Dempsey
- Light Rail Project. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7, 18 and 65 together.
- Light Rail Project. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: We have already had the discussion to a certain extent during Priority Questions in respect to the first two questions. Dublin Bus is concerned about the impact of the proposed Luas project on its services. The RPA believes that its preferred route option, option F, which incorporates a single loop track between Trinity College and the top of O'Connell Street and a new bus-only bridge...
- Light Rail Project. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I agree with most of the Deputy's comments in respect of a number of those issues. She is correct on the issue of Macken Street bridge, although it might be about nine rather than ten years, because it was talked about when I was in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government even before some of the bridges that now span the Liffey were built. We have discussed the other...
- Light Rail Project. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: My understanding is that progress is being made on the review and I expect to receive the report in the autumn. I cannot give a timescale on the joining up of the two lines. The "F" option â the full completion â would be done by 2012.
- Public Transport. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 8, 10, 26, 36 and 43 together. The Government is committed to the expansion of bus services nationwide. Transport 21 provides more than â¬530 million for bus investment in the greater Dublin area in the next ten years while more than â¬240 million is included for investment in bus services outside the area. The programme for Government also includes a...
- Public Transport. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: It is too early to say. We are committed in the programme for Government to examine the need for a national transport regulator. This will be done against the background of the wider review of regulatory regimes in place. Although I must have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on integrated planning for transport in hub towns, I expect local authorities to take the lead on it.
- Public Transport. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: As far as I understand the feasibility study has commenced but if I am wrong I will get back to the Deputy.
- Public Transport. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I do not know the percentage and I do not have evidence that applications from private operators are holding up the provision of services by Dublin Bus. This is a myth being perpetuated.
- Public Transport. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: Three services have been deferred due to a prior application from a private operator. One service has been part approved. Up to 11 notifications have been received in the past three months which are being processed in the normal way. I understand Dublin Bus received 100 new buses but claims it cannot use them. It receives 100 new buses each year to replace old buses that need to be taken...
- Public Transport. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: That is not the cause of the delay. Three servicesâ
- Public Transport. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: ââhave been deferred due to a prior application. If I did not have the Transport Act 1932 as it stands and the 1958 Act, which is beloved by some people in the transport sector, we might be able to put a more streamlined system in place as regards approvals. That is certainly something I will be delighted to do, chronologically, but we cannot have it both ways. I must operate in...
- Public Transport. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: This is not a matter for the Minister concerned. We are able to provide services such as the Imp, but I believe a business opportunity exists for Bus Ãtha Cliath or whoever wants to do it. I cannot understand why it is not happening much more. People become fixated on issues, instead of looking for new commercial opportunities. The Deputy's idea is a good one and it would work well,...
- Public Transport. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I am not a free marketeer, totally, as regards this. Public transport is not quite the same as other commodities that are allowed to operate in a totally free market. My preference as regards transport in the greater Dublin area in particular as well as in areas around other cities is to have a regulated competitive market, one where the needs of the public are met. If it happens that the...
- Public Transport. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: As regards the DTA, I hope the legislation will be with Government during the course of next month. If it is cleared by Government, it will then be before the House in the autumn. With the co-operation of Members on all sides of the House, I should like to see it going through as quickly as possible, consistent with it being scrutinised fully. The DTA will have overall responsibility for...
- Public Transport. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: In what sense?
- Public Transport. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: It will be responsible for the regulation of public transport fares, routes and service levels, the delivery of integrated ticketing and passenger services etc.
- Rail Network. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: Transport 21 provides for a significant growth in capacity in rail services in the greater Dublin area, including the electrification of the northern line as far as Balbriggan. This will essentially allow for DART-style services on the northern line to Balbriggan, serving stations beyond Malahide at Donabate, Rush and Lusk, Skerries and Balbriggan. This project also involves the acquisition...
- Rail Network. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputy was imparting useful information to me rather than seeking it from me. He has highlighted one of the major problems in Fingal and in my constituency. Owing to the explosion in the population, houses were built without proper integrated planning for the area. That point was well made and I would not disagree with it. In fairness to Fingal County Council, it is probably one of...
- Road Traffic Offences. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11 and 61 together. 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 in respect of speeding offences. It was progressed further in 2003 to cover driving without insurance and non-wearing of safety belt offences and extended in 2004 in respect of the offence...
- Road Traffic Offences. (28 Jun 2007)
Noel Dempsey: We will introduce them over the lifetime of the Government in consultation with the relevant agents. I cannot give the Deputy a specific timescale at this time. The offences we have covered are aimed at driver behaviour. These are the more serious offences and were accorded priority. The remainder relate to the lighting of vehicles and to their construction, equipment and use. A small...