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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: I am not speaking about hands-free kits but about devices attached to the steering wheel or in the cradle beside the driver's seat into which a mobile phone can be inserted, thereby enabling the driver to text and so on. As it means taking his or her eyes off the road, it is a road safety issue. I am seeking to make it an offence to use a mobile phone held in such a device while driving.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: Is the Minister saying the issue which I am seeking to address in the amendment, namely, the use of a mobile phone held in a cradle by the steering wheel, etc, is covered by existing legislation?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: I move amendment No. 44:In page 18, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: “Learner Driver driving unaccompanied (Owner) 25. The Road Traffic Act 1961, is amended by the insertion of the following section:“35A.(1)It shall be an offence for the owner of a vehicle to allow their vehicle be driven by a learner driver driving unaccompanied.(2) Where a person charged...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (29 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: 613. To ask the Minister for Health the number of 24 hour care centres currently available for adults that cannot live independently and are in need constant supervision due to mental health issues. [37645/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (24 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: 249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has given any consideration to the option of magnetic decals for taxi drivers, rather than the current adhesive version, to allow taxi drivers to have the option of using their vehicles for private personal use when they are off duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36612/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (24 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow for taxi plates to be sold on by taxi drivers should they choose to leave the business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36613/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: In writing, if that is okay with the committee. I am just under pressure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Traynor said that significant barriers are preventing growth and that one of them is shared usage of existing facilities. He also mentioned the protection of the PSO. Could he elaborate on that? How is that blocking innovation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Traynor also mentioned express-type services. To which public services was he referring? Was it the existing Expressway service? What targets does TransDev have to meet in order to reach its targets? What are the markers and how are they calculated? Has TransDev failed to reach any of them? What profit has Luas generated for TransDev so far? Where do those profits go? Do they go...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (23 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a company (details supplied) has received any State grants or funding in the past five years. [36458/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (23 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to change the regulation of car sharing enterprises that would permit drivers without taxi licences to operate within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36459/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (22 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: 556. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many retailers which convert their prices on goods from sterling to euro, and that operate in both Britain and Ireland, have not readjusted their prices in accordance with the recent fall in sterling against the euro; his plans to rectify this in the immediate future; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (17 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: 58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a report in a newspaper (details supplied) stating that rent certainty will not be included in the forthcoming strategy for the private rental sector is accurate. [35463/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if will he publish the full data report on planning permissions for 2016 as referenced in the Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government Committee on 12 October 2016. [35462/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank, stationed in each Garda station in County Louth, for each of the years since 2011, in tabular form. [35639/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: 117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown in tabular form of dedicated community gardaí, by rank, in each station in County Louth for each of the years since 2011. [35640/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: 118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of Garda members who are stationed in County Louth who have been assigned to the Garda national drug unit, for each of the years since 2011 in tabular form. [35641/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (17 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: 119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget for each of the three Garda districts in County Louth for each of the years since 2011. [35643/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (17 Nov 2016)

Imelda Munster: 120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda arrest rate in respect of burglaries in County Louth in each of the years since 2011. [35644/16]