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Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: Section 7 of the Road Transport Act 1932, as amended, requires that every person who carries on a passenger road service in contravention of the Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding approximately €70. In the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding approximately €7 for every day during which the offence...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 813 and 814 together. Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann are exempt from the requirement to hold a licence under the Road Transport Act 1932, as amended. However, since 10 January 2001, both companies are required by ministerial direction to notify my Department of any proposed new services or proposed changes to existing services at least four weeks prior to their...

Written Answers — Driving Licences: Driving Licences (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 815 and 816 together. The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government holds and administers the national driver file that contains driving licence records. My Department is in consultation with that Department with a view to having the necessary arrangements for the issue of driving licence renewal notices from the national driver file put in...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table: June to August 2004 June to August 2005* Roscommon 397 249 Tuam 521 311 *Provisional figures to end August. The number of tests carried out in June to August 2005 compared to June to August 2004 was reduced due to leave arrangements and a training course for testers serving these test centres.

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: A driving test has been arranged for the person concerned. Notification of the test appointment issued on 12 September 2005.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: The primary investigative role in relation to road accidents is vested with the Garda Síochána. Such investigations seek to determine the causes of road accidents including, where appropriate, road construction or surface standards. Garda reports on these investigations are forwarded to the National Roads Authority and subsequently to each local authority for the purpose of the...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: The traffic signs manual sets out directions and advice given to road authorities by the Minister for Transport pursuant to section 95(16) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 regarding the provision and use of warning and information traffic signs. A copy of the manual is available in the Oireachtas Library. Chapter eight of the manual sets out advice on the signs to be deployed at road works....

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: I have received proposals from Iarnród Éireann for the electrification of the Maynooth line and for the construction of a new city centre rail station as part of an overall greater Dublin integrated rail plan. The Iarnród Éireann integrated plan is being considered in the context of the multi-annual investment framework for transport that my Department is preparing at present. The company...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: There are no proposals to introduce shadow tolling on the M50.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (28 Sep 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 Regulations 1955, SI 68/1955, which amends the Road Transport Regulations 1932 No. 26 of1932. The current level of fees is as follows: Grant of Annual Passenger Licences. â'¬ A continuous passenger road service 7.62 A seasonal...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: For the first six months of 2005 this Department has spent €620 million which is €111 million less than for the same period in 2004. The difference in the main is made up of a capital spend of €66 million less on roads projects and €40 million less on public transport projects in the first half of the year as compared with the same period last year. This reflects the challenges...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (28 Sep 2005)

Martin Cullen: The location of stations on the rail network is a matter for the board of Irish Rail. The company informs me it has no plans, at present, to build a second railway station in Drogheda. While I understand that Irish Rail has had some representations regarding a second station at the north side of the town, there are some concerns from an operational perspective about the close proximity of the...

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Martin Cullen: I am happy to face the Deputy any time.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Martin Cullen: I will take the new M50 to get there.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Martin Cullen: After the democratic process was followed.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Deputy should get on his bicycle for the summer and go and create more trouble around the country. That is what he can do.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Green Party would have us back in the 1940s.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Martin Cullen: I cannot help it if the Green Party is technologically illiterate and cannot cope with modern technology. He should go away out of that.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Opposition cannot cope with it.

Written Answers — Emergency Planning: Emergency Planning (30 Jun 2005)

Martin Cullen: The authorities at Shannon Airport are required, under the Irish Aviation Authority's aerodrome licensing procedures, to establish an emergency plan which provides for the co-ordination of the actions to be taken in an emergency occurring at the aerodrome or in its vicinity. The plan must be tested by conducting a full scale emergency exercise at intervals not exceeding two years and I...