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Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (8 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: Issues relating to the tolling of the East Link bridge are matters for Dublin City Council in the first instance.

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (8 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: Black propaganda.

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (8 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: As I came over to this debate in Seanad Éireann, I wondered whether I had missed some fact, issue of substance or policy idea that might not have been considered. As colleagues know, I always enjoy the debate in this House, which is always of a very high quality. I was particularly concerned that those who have been to the fore in discussing this issue, either orally or in written form,...

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (8 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: I am sorry. I thought I had unlimited time and I apologise.

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (8 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: It is important to be calm and to put the facts. All I ask Members to do, as Senator McDowell has done, is to debate the issue on the facts. Members may disagree with the policy decision I make. That is their choice, but they should debate it on the facts. I want to put on record the commitment of the Government, as part of its integrated approach to meeting transport needs, to the...

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (8 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: Will he not need more time?

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (8 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: That is rubbish.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: No, it is just hot air coming from over there.

Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (7 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: I regard the provision of a new station house for the Doolin coastal unit as a very high priority. I understand that the process of acquiring a site has been difficult to date and this has delayed this much-needed development. However, as indicated to the House on 15 November 2005, negotiations are under way with a landowner about a site. These negotiations are now at a very advanced stage...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (7 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: Directive 2003/97 lays down new standards for the type approval of certain categories of vehicles, particularly lorries, in relation to the field of vision of drivers. While the directive's provisions do not become compulsory until 26 January 2007, and then only in relation to new vehicles, I have sought to have these higher standard mirrors fitted to existing HGVs on a voluntary basis. In...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (7 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: In accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 2002, penalty points are endorsed on the entry in the licence record relating to the person and not on the driving licence. The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, on receipt of notifications from the Garda Síochána or the Courts Service that a fixed charge has been paid, or a person has been...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (7 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 355, 366, 367 and 368 together. Transport 21 provides for the re-opening of the Navan rail line in two phases. The first phase involves the development of a spur off the Maynooth line, at Clonsilla, to near the proposed M3 interchange at Pace, near Dunboyne. I understand Iarnród Éireann has already completed a feasibility study for this phase and the...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (7 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 356 and 365 together. My Department is in the process of recruiting ten driver-testers through an open recruitment competition organised by the Public Appointments Service. A total of 4,276 applications were received and 4,224 attended stage one of the competition held on 16 December 2005. Results issued to candidates on 30 January 2006. Stage two, which is an...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (7 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: An appointment for a driving test was arranged for the person concerned for Thursday 19 January 2006 at 9.15 a.m. The person concerned did not attend for the appointment.

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (7 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The air accident investigation unit of my Department has examined its records and has no record of any aircraft accidents or associated third party fatalities in any of the red zones at any of the State airports since 1968.

Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (7 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: As I said in my reply to Question No. 845 of 25 January 2006, I understand from the Dublin Airport Authority that the use of the area in question for the provision of car parking facilities was an operational decision required to alleviate serious congestion at the airport during peak travel periods. I understand that it was a temporary, emergency measure to cater for overflows from the main...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (7 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: The primary immediate investigative role in relation to road accidents is vested in the Garda Síochána. Priority in such an investigation must be given to the determination of the causes of road accidents including, where appropriate, road construction or surface standards, and in particular whether a breach of the road traffic laws contributed to the occurrence. The Garda Síochána is the...

Written Answers — Provisional Driving Licences: Provisional Driving Licences (7 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: I have no plans to provide for provisional licence holders to be allowed to drive vehicles on motorways.

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (7 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: I am currently considering a departmental report on whether to reintroduce a statutory height restriction for vehicles and I hope to take a decision on the matter shortly. The report, which was prepared by my officials in October 2005, takes account of the submissions received from interested bodies and individuals as part of the public consultation process relating to this issue. No task...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (7 Feb 2006)

Martin Cullen: My Department sought expressions of interest from staff in the Department of Agriculture and Food, identified by the Department of Finance as surplus to that Department's organisational needs. Expressions of interest were received from 25 eligible staff. Following a competitive process, my Department proposes to temporarily redeploy eight staff. The eight will commence a six-week training...