Results 7,181-7,200 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 180 together. As I indicated yesterday to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, of which the Deputy is a member, I am actively considering the issues of the introduction of an administrative disqualification for certain drink driving offences and a general review of the legislation relating to intoxicated driving with a view to making progress...
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: This is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, as I understand that any such pipeline would of itself require an environmental impact assessment, EIA, under the EIA directives and regulations.
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: My Department chaired a steering group overseeing a cross-departmental review of road safety expenditure which examined expenditure incurred over the lifetime of the first road safety strategy 1998-2002. This review seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of all public spending on road safety and, to establish the impact of road safety performance on other areas, such as health and emergency...
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: The primary immediate investigative role in road accidents is vested in the Garda SÃochána. Priority in such an investigation must be given to the determination of the causes of road accidents including whether a breach of the road traffic laws contributed to the occurrence. The Garda SÃochána is the body empowered to make such a determination and to pursue criminal proceedings against...
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: The National Safety Council, in consultation with the Department of Transport, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, and the City and County Managers' Association, is developing a template for road safety action plans which will be piloted in ten chosen local authority areas. The results of these pilots will inform the development of models which can subsequently...
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: The Government's Strategy for Road Safety 2004 to 2006 states that driver licensing regulations will be amended to discourage long-term reliance on provisional licences. I am considering what amendments should be made in this regard. However, I regard the elimination of the present backlog of applications for driving tests as an important first step.
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: The Government's Strategy for Road Safety 2004 to 2006 states that driver licensing regulations will be amended to introduce a requirement that motorcyclists on provisional licences must display L plates. I propose to make the necessary regulations during the currency of the strategy.
- Written Answers — Driving Licences: Driving Licences (3 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: In June 2003 a notice requesting the submission of tenders to supply a plastic card licence was published in the EU Official Journal. Several developments took place following receipt of tenders and the proposals were reviewed in the light of these developments. The changes included the publication of a draft EU directive on driving licences in October 2003 proposing the issuing of new...
- Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (3 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: The framework for the mutual recognition of driving disqualifications imposed in Britain or Northern Ireland and this State is contained in the European Union Convention on Driving Disqualifications. Legislation to support the application of the convention is contained in the Road Traffic Act 2002. The convention relates to disqualifications arising from a range of specified traffic offences...
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: In September 2004 the director of the medical bureau of road safety and head of forensic medicine at University College, Dublin commenced teaching a postgraduate course in the higher diploma in forensic medicine at the university's faculty of medicine. This course includes teaching on drugs, alcohol and driving including drug recognition. The first cohort of doctors has completed the course...
- Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (2 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: Irish driving licence regulations are required to operate within the framework of a harmonised EU system. The criteria essential for recognition of licences from other countries are testing and licensing regimes that meet the requirements of the EU directive and reciprocal recognition of Irish licences. A person who holds a driving licence issued by a member state of the European Union or of...
- Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (2 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: This is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. I understand any such pipeline would require an environmental impact assessment, EIA, under the EIA directives and regulations.
- Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (2 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: The information requested by the Deputy, as supplied by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, is set out in the following table. That Department is responsible for the national vehicle and driver file, which contains the driver records on which penalty points are recorded. Penalty points awarded from 1 October 2004 to 30 September 2005 by county County Number...
- Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (2 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: The conciliation hearing has been adjourned until 25 November to allow a detailed examination by both parties of the feasibility of having tests carried out by staff redeployed on a short-term basis from outside the Department of Transport. The Department will also explore issues around the outsourcing proposal during this period.
- Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (2 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: The DART upgrade project involved the extension of platforms to cater for longer trains, the provision of full accessibility, where possible, for mobility and sensory impaired customers at DART stations, the enhancement of overhead line components and the insertion of further sub-stations along the route. The approved budget for the project was â¬176 million. At the end of October, â¬141.4...
- Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (2 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: Responsibility for the development of specific proposals for the expansion of Luas services lies with the Railway Procurement Agency, RPA. My Department is discussing proposals for a capacity enhancement programme on the Tallaght Luas line with the RPA. An outline business case for this programme has been approved by the board of the RPA and submitted to my Department. Financial provision has...
- Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (2 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: The competition in question is being managed by the public appointments service, PAS, to which I refer the Deputy for more detail. My Department has been informed by the PAS that it hopes to schedule the first stage of the recruitment process, a written practical exam, in mid December. The PAS has indicated it hopes to offer successful candidates offers of appointment, on completion of all...
- Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (2 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: Dublin Airport Authority has supplied the figures requested by the Deputy for Shannon Airport from 1 January to 30 September 2005. Total passengers at Shannon Airport numbered 2,504,357. Of these 547,836 were transatlantic terminal passengers and 493,079 were transatlantic transit passengers. The latter figure includes 234,852 United States troops. The figures for October 2005 were not...
- Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (2 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: Statutory responsibility for the delivery of a multi-operator system of integrated ticketing rests with the Railway Procurement Agency, RPA. The agency has advised my Department that the â¬8.5 million spent to date on the integrated ticketing project comprises RPA costs, â¬4.166 million; systems design and developments, â¬2.582 million; operator equipment contribution, â¬916,000; other...
- Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (2 Nov 2005)
Martin Cullen: An application for a driving test was only recently received from the person concerned. Relevant documentary evidence should be submitted if an urgent driving test is required.