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Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (4 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: Under the decentralisation programme, 50 posts are due to transfer to Loughrea. A suitable site has been identified and the Office of Public Works is currently in discussion with the county council about preparations necessary for lodging an application to obtain planning permission for the site. The decentralisation implementation group has given indicative construction commencement and...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (4 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The allocation and timetabling of trains to particular routes is a day-to-day operational issue for Iarnród Éireann to consider. However, I understand that Iarnród Éireann plans to replace the existing locomotive hauled trains on the Sligo-Dublin services with new units from its fleet of class 29000 railcars. The 36 diesel units, in nine sets of four carriages, are being commissioned at...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (4 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: Over the past six years, the Government has significantly increased the subvention paid to CIE in respect of the provision of socially necessary but commercially non-viable services. Since 1999 and including the 2005 allocation, the total direct Exchequer subvention payments to CIE will have amounted to over €1.5 billion. Of this almost €349 million has been allocated to Dublin Bus. The...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (4 Oct 2005)

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. Garda reports are forwarded...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (4 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: Iarnród Éireann is taking delivery of 36 — nine sets of four carriages — new class 29000 railcars. These add to the 80 units of the same type of rolling stock that it introduced into service during the second half of 2003. All these units will be serviced and maintained at the new rolling stock depot at Drogheda. The new units are being commissioned and will be introduced into service...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (4 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: My Department is preparing a ten-year transport investment framework. The draft framework takes account of the work already done on investment priorities under the current capital envelope to the end of 2009. It also takes account of the various strategic studies completed by the Department and its agencies, including A Platform for Change which had recommended, among other things, the...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (4 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The provision of railway stations is entirely a day-to-day operational matter for Iarnród Éireann to consider in the first instance and not one in which I have a direct role. I understand that Iarnród Éireann has no plans to open a railway station at the old cattle bank in Cabra as there are no scheduled passenger services on that line.

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (4 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: I refer the Deputy to a similar question put to me in the House on Wednesday, 28 September 2005. I stated in answer to that question that the railway line between Heuston Station and Connolly Station is not used for commuter services because it would not be possible to accommodate additional peak train services into Connolly Station. The line between Connolly Station and Pearse Station is...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (4 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: The redevelopment of the railway line between Broadstone and Liffey Junction is one of a large range of possible options under consideration as part of the multi-annual framework for transport, which is being prepared in my Department at present.

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (4 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: As the Deputy will be aware, in its decision of 18 May the Government agreed to the State disposing of a majority shareholding in Aer Lingus and retaining a stake of at least 25% to protect strategic interests provided that both myself and the Minister for Finance are satisfied that this level of disposal is warranted on foot of the analysis prepared by the Departments' advisers for the...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (4 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: I understand that Iarnród Éireann is examining a number of options for the location of a new railway station in the docklands area. When the company has concluded its examination, I expect that proposals will be made to my Department. No part of the €5 million provided for this purpose in my Department's 2005 Estimates has yet been drawn down.

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (4 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: I understand that Iarnród Éireann is reviewing its overall requirement for car parking throughout the rail network and that Ennis is one of the locations being addressed. However, I have not received any proposals from either Iarnród Éireann or Bus Éireann in relation to car parking at Ennis.

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Instruction to Committee. (4 Oct 2005)

Martin Cullen: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, it be an instruction to the committee to which the Railway Safety Bill 2001 may be recommitted, that it has power to make provision in the Bill to provide for further offences by persons working on railways, to provide for offences and other matters relating to the conduct of persons on railways, to provide for matters relating to...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (29 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: The statutory power to levy tolls on national roads and to make toll by-laws is vested in the National Roads Authority, NRA, under Part V of the Roads Act 1993, as amended by the Planning and Development Act 2000. Accordingly I have no role in this process. I understand from the NRA that the primary construction work on the port tunnel is expected to be completed in December 2005 and that the...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (29 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: I have been advised by Iarnród Éireann that it provides a freight service for Coillte, transporting trainloads of pulpwood from Ballina Railhead to Waterford. In addition, Iarnród Éireann also provides an express parcels service and a road freight service to and from Ballina for Mayo industries. On 29 July this year, the unit load service for single container loads ceased given the...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (29 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: In January 2005 I made regulations, the Road Traffic (Speed Limit-Traffic Signs) Regulations 2005, S.I. No. 10 of 2005, prescribing the regulatory traffic signs displaying metric units of measurement, kilometres per hour, that the road authorities must provide on public roads to indicate the speed limit in force. Since the passage of the Road Traffic Act 1994 the power to apply special speed...

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (29 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: Traffic management in the city and in the vicinity of Dublin Port is a matter for Dublin City Council. In parallel with the opening to traffic of the Dublin Port tunnel, Dublin City Council will be introducing a heavy goods vehicle traffic management strategy to manage HGV traffic entering and exiting the port and to ensure that maximum traffic benefits are secured from the Dublin Port...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (29 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: I understand that the midlands regional planning guidelines, which were approved in mid-2004, do not include specific reference to the re-opening of Killucan railway station. It is imperative that a sufficient population is in place in the catchment area of a station to justify its re-opening. The present position is that Iarnród Éireann is in discussions with Westmeath County Council to...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (29 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: I am informed by Iarnród Éireann that it has no immediate plans to re-open the Mullingar to Athlone line. The strategic rail review examined the case for re-opening this line and concluded that it was not a priority project. The review suggested it could be re-evaluated at a future date in the context of securing progress in advancing and adopting complementary land use and transport policy...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (29 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: Bus Éireann is exempt from the requirement to hold a licence under the Road Transport Act 1932, as amended. However, since January 2001 the Department has implemented notification and approval procedures in respect of the introduction of new or revised services by State bus companies. The procedures are designed to ensure that these exempted operators do not announce or introduce services...