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Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (26 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: The final figure for the total number of driving tests conducted in 2005 is currently being finalised and will be forwarded to the Deputy upon completion.

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (26 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: The formulation of traffic management strategies generally is a matter for the determination of each local authority. In that context the development of a specific strategy for the management of heavy goods vehicles in Dublin city to coincide with the opening of the Dublin Port Tunnel is a matter for Dublin City Council. An initial draft of such a strategy was made available to my Department...

Written Answers — Road Signage: Road Signage (26 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: In January 2005, I made the Road Traffic (Speed Limit — Traffic Signs) Regulations 2005, SI 10 of 2005, prescribing the regulatory traffic signs displaying metric units of measurement, namely km/h, that the road authorities must provide on public roads to indicate the speed limit in force. This range of traffic signs can be deployed to indicate that a default speed limit, a special speed...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: The question of the adoption of changes in the circumstances where the driver of a vehicle can be made the subject of a preliminary roadside breath test has been the subject of considerable debate and consideration for some time. The current road safety strategy recommends that the introduction of random breath testing should be pursued within its operational time frame of 2004 to 2006....

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: Land leases at Dublin Port are an operational matter for the port company concerned. Dublin Port Company has expressed a view to the Department that the application of the provisions of the Landlord and Tenants Acts to the port companies operating under the Harbours Acts 1996 and 2000 is not appropriate to the management of the port estates. The Maritime Safety Act 2005 added the port...

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 830 and 867 together. In January 2005, the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources launched the Government's Ports Policy Statement. The policy statement aims to better equip the port sector and its stakeholders to meet national and regional capacity and service needs. One of the key challenges that lies ahead is the provision of adequate...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Government's Ports Policy Statement was launched on 6 January 2005. In the chapter on integrated transport policy, the policy statement highlights the substantial role of the commercial ports as part of the overall transport network and their reliance on landside transport connectivity. In this context the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources asked the ports to...

Written Answers — Transport Policy: Transport Policy (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 832 and 871 together. All projects and programmes provided for in Transport 21 will be subject to the Department of Finance Guidelines for the Appraisal and Management of Capital Expenditure and to the value for money initiatives set out by the Minister for Finance in October 2005. Under the guidelines, responsibility for carrying out the required appraisals...

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 empower local authorities, the Irish Wheelchair Association and the Disabled Drivers Association, to grant a disabled person's parking permit where they are satisfied that the applicant is suffering from a disability that prevents him or her from walking or causes undue hardship to the person in walking. It is a matter for each of the...

Written Answers — Coastal Protection: Coastal Protection (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Irish Coast Guard has commissioned independent consultants Farrell Grant Sparks to undertake a review of the coastal units, and this work is currently under way. It had been hoped to have the review completed by end of 2005 but the compilation of certain statistical data has taken longer than anticipated. It is now expected that the consultant's report will be completed by end of February...

Written Answers — Coastal Protection: Coastal Protection (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 835 and 836 together. All of the 54 Irish Coast Guard units, including Ballycotton, are considered under the ten year Irish Coast Guard building programme which is managed by the Office of Public Works, OPW. While a feasibility study of a site for a station house in Ballycotton has been undertaken it is proposed to consider the development of a station house...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: A total of 47 staff members from the Irish Coast Guard and the Maritime Safety Directorate of my Department are due to transfer to Drogheda as part of the Government's decentralisation programme. Some 17 formal offers to transfer to Drogheda have issued to applicants under the central application facility, CAF, to date, nine of whom have accepted, and four have rejected their offers. Seven of...

Written Answers — Aviation Policy: Aviation Policy (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: There is no delay in the conclusion of the negotiations between the EU and US on a new aviation agreement. The full text of an agreement was settled by EU and US officials at the end of their last negotiation session in Washington, on 18 November 2005. The only significant outstanding issue is the outcome of the US's moves to amend its ownership and control rules in order that EU carriers,...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: The National Safety Council is the agency mandated with responsibility for road safety education and advertising. The council has in the past produced short advertising campaigns encompassing information about roundabouts, motorways and overtaking manoeuvres, which highlighted safe driving practice in these key areas. I understand that the National Safety Council has proposals to develop...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: Dublin Bus has advised me that the company has fitted digital video surveillance equipment to 965 of its vehicles to date, which has improved safety to both customers and staff. This has contributed to a reduction of anti-social behaviour both on and off the buses. Dublin Bus advises that the Garda have used the footage to detect both on-bus and on-street crime and a number of files are...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: My Department is considering the introduction of a short verbal debrief to test candidates who request it at the end if their test. This short verbal feedback would refer to the type of fault that was incurred or to where it occurred on the route. Training has already been provided to the driver testers to deliver this feedback and its introduction is subject to negotiations with the testers'...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: Arrangements for the recruitment of driver testers are principally the responsibility of the Public Appointments Service. As part of the recruitment process candidates for the position of driver tester are obliged to undertake a psychometric test, undergo a practical driving test and interview which assesses their suitability for the position. The driving test in Ireland is designed in...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: The legislative basis for the application of speed limits on roads generally is set out in the Road Traffic Act 2004 and came into operation on 20 January 2005. That Act establishes a range of speed limits that apply to particular classes of road on a default basis and also provides the basis for county councils and city councils to apply special speed limits in lieu of these default speed...

Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 844 to 846, inclusive, together. I understand that the construction of the runway extension and the consequent amendment of the red — safety — area of runway 17 at Cork Airport was advised to Cork County Council at the time by the then Aer Rianta. The subsequent inclusion of that information in any development plan was a matter for Cork County Council....

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (25 Jan 2006)

Martin Cullen: Under Transport 21, the Navan railway line will be developed in two phases. The first phase will involve a spur off the Maynooth line at Clonsilla to Pace, beyond Dunboyne. Iarnród Éireann has already completed a feasibility study for this phase and funding for design and planning work will be provided by my Department in 2006. A railway order will be required to allow construction of the...