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Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (2 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: The transport investment framework announced yesterday includes a provision for a metro line from the city centre to Swords via Dublin Airport. This does not include an extension to Donabate, nor was such a link envisaged in the Dublin Transportation Office's strategy, A Platform for Change. It is intended that the metro line will terminate north of Swords at Lissenhall. However, there is a...

Written Answers — Public Relations Contracts: Public Relations Contracts (2 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: My Department has not awarded any contract for public relations projects since December 2004.

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (2 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: The following tables provide the information requested. The salary costs are based on current salary scales. Office Total staff Grade or job title Salary scale cost per annum â'¬ Constituency office 1 Personal assistant 40,543-51,463 Constituency office 1 Personal administrative assistant 40,543-51,463 Constituency office 1 Personal secretary 20,187-38,948 ...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (2 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: I refer the Deputy to my response to Question No. 337 of 12 October 2005 in regard to consultancy contracts awarded by my Department. Unless otherwise indicated, the amount indicates that the project has come to fruition.

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (2 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: The following tables provide the information requested by the Deputy. The salary costs are based on current salary scales. Office Total staff Grade or job title Salary scale cost per annum â'¬ Press office 1 Press officer, ministerial appointment 75,036-92,813 Press office 1 Higher executive officer 42,676-54,173 Press office 2 Clerical officer 21,245-34,448

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (2 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: The planning, design and implementation of national road improvement projects, including the Dublin Port tunnel, is a matter for the National Roads Authority, NRA, and the local authorities concerned. I am informed by the NRA that expenditure on the Dublin Port tunnel project to date is €653,066,676. The overall project budget is €751 million. The main area of expenditure on the project...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (2 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: A public sector benchmark has not yet been prepared for the PPP metro. This will, however, form part of the work during the next phase of project development and will be completed in accordance with guidelines published by the Department of Finance.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (2 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: Under the decentralisation programme, 50 transport posts are due to transfer to Loughrea. These comprised posts in my Department and in the National Safety Council. Many of these will now be in the Road Safety Authority and revised implementation plans are being prepared on this basis. Much of the detail of our original implementation plan will therefore be reviewed in light of the...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (2 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: Iarnród Éireann is at planning and design stage of a project which involves a major signalling upgrade in the city centre area. The company proposes to increase the number of train paths through the city centre from the current maximum of 12 per direction per hour to 16 per direction per hour. I expect Iarnród Éireann to place specific proposals before me shortly for this work.

Written Answers — Dublin Port Tunnel: Dublin Port Tunnel (2 Nov 2005)

Martin Cullen: The planning, design and implementation, including the supervision of construction, of national road improvement projects, including the Dublin Port tunnel, is a matter for the National Roads Authority, NRA, and the local authority concerned. I am informed by Dublin City Council that as with construction of any tunnel, under a 20m head of ground water, some minor initial entry of water is...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (27 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The response referred to in the Deputy's question was issued on 26 August 2005. A copy has been forwarded to the Deputy this week.

Written Answers — Road Signage: Road Signage (27 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Road Traffic Act 2004 establishes the legislative basis for the application of speed limits on all public roads. The Act sets down specific speed limit values that apply on a default basis to different types of road. In addition, section 9 of the Act provides that the elected members of county and city councils may make by-laws for the purpose of effecting the deployment of special speed...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (27 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The directives which have not yet been transposed into Irish law are set out in the following table. No. Title Deadline for Transposition 1 Directive 1999/17/EC of 18 March 1999 adapting to technical progress Council Directive 76/761/EEC relating to motor vehicle headlamps which function as main-beam and/or dipped headlamps and to incandescent electric filament lamps for such...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (27 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The following table gives the total number of buses purchased by Bus Átha Cliath and the current age profile of the fleet. Year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Number 15 23 45 50 77 61 68 Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Number 214 225 55 53 90 36 Bus Átha Cliath has informed me that it considers 12 years to be efficient life of a large public...

Written Answers — Penalty Points System: Penalty Points System (27 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Road Traffic Act 2002 provides that penalty points are endorsed on a licence record where a person has been convicted of an offence that attracts such points or where the person chooses to pay a fixed charge in respect of such an offence. Where a person is detected exceeding a speed limit, he or she is offered the opportunity to pay a fixed charge. The making of such a payment is in...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (27 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The legal basis for the fees charged by the bus licensing division of my Department for passenger licences issued under the Road Transport Act 1932 is the regulations made under the Act, that is the Road Transport Regulations 1932, No. 26 of 1932, as amended by Regulations in 1955, No. 68 of 1955. My Department is currently reviewing the level of these fees and will be proposing revised...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (27 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 112 of Thursday, 29 September 2005. As stated in that reply a notification from Bus Éireann for the bus service on the route in question was approved by my Department on 16 September 2005. The introduction of public bus services on specific routes is a commercial and operational matter for Bus Éireann. It is now a matter for Bus Éireann to...

Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (26 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 207 and 202 together. As my predecessor pointed out in reply to Question No. 636 on 27 April 2004, in the context of preparing the Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Bill 1997, consideration was given to providing the former Aer Rianta with power to make orders declaring particular areas of land in the vicinity of airports to be protected areas, where...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (26 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The provision of transport services for older people in rural areas is a core feature of the rural transport initiative, RTI, which has been operated by my Department since 2002. All 34 RTI pilot projects throughout the country provide transport services for older people as part of their public transport remit. The RTI arose as a response to the needs of specific categories of people in rural...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (26 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The planning, design and implementation of national road improvement projects, including related traffic management arrangements as part of these projects, are a matter for the National Roads Authority, NRA, the local authorities concerned and the relevant contractors. I understand from the NRA that the maintenance of traffic flow will be a key requirement of the contracts for the upgrade of...