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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (25 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: Directive 2014/45/EU on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers, requires, from 20 May 2018, the mandatory periodic testing of tractors with a maximum design speed exceeding 40 km/h (category T5), and which are used mainly on the public road for commercial road haulage purposes. There is however, no requirement on Member States to introduce compulsory testing for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (25 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: Directive 2014/45/EU on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers, requires, from 20 May 2018, the mandatory periodic testing of tractors with a maximum design speed exceeding 40 km/h (category T5), and which are used mainly on the public road for commercial road haulage purposes. There is however, no requirement on Member States to introduce compulsory testing for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Insurance Costs (25 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: A prohibition on the transfer of all Small Public Service Vehicle (SPSV) licences was first introduced in the Taxi Regulation Act 2013, on foot of an action in the Taxi Regulation Review Report, which was published in 2011. The rationale for the measure was that a licence should indicate a person’s suitability to carry out a function and should not have, by association, a monetary...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: The conflict of interest referred to by the Deputy arose from the most recent legal opinion received in relation to the interpretation of European case law as it pertains to “functional separation” within an organisation.  Another public body is now to be nominated as the Competent Authority for the purpose of EU Regulation 598/2014 and therefore the conflict of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Staff (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: The issue raised is a matter for Bus Éireann and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the Company for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of the relevant local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993 with works on those roads funded from local authorities' own resources supplemented by State road grants. The economic reality of recent years has meant significant reductions in roads budgets...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Renewals (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is considering this matter, and my officials have also engaged with the Authority on how to address these cases. As consideration is ongoing, it is not possible to be precise as to when the matter will be resolved, but I am keen to see a satisfactory resolution of this issue as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: Section 96 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 relates to the patrol of places where school children cross public roads. Any change to those provisions would require an amendment to the Road Traffic Acts. Consideration of this particular proposal will be given in the context of a future road traffic Bill. My priority at this time is to ensure the passage of the Road Traffic (Amendment)...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: As Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. The planning, design and implementation of individual road projects  is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Within its capital budget, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Events (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: The Government's contingency work on Brexit is examining all scenarios and, in that regard, it should be noted that tournaments have taken place across more than one country in the past, and will do so again in the future, e.g., Switzerland and Austria co-hosted EURO 2008, and similarly EURO 2012 was co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine. Accordingly, I am confident that Brexit will not affect the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 322 and 335 together. The Capital Plan, Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016-2021, was published in September 2015 and set out the Government’s budgetary framework for public capital investment in Ireland over the period 2016-2021. The Capital plan confirmed a €9.6 billion capital envelope for transport over...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs), including the National Governing Body (NGB) referred to by the Deputy, are independent, autonomous bodies and are responsible for their own governance procedures and competition rules for their sports. Notwithstanding that, Sport Ireland is the statutory body responsible for the promotion, development and coordination of sport, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Staff (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: As the Deputy is aware Section 30 (6) of the Harbours Act 1996 as substituted by Section 39 of the Harbours Act 2015 provides that a person shall not serve as a director of a port company for a period that is longer than 10 years in total. This applies equally to all directors. I have no current plans to change this position.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 325 and 329 together. Building on the Government’s budgetary framework set out in Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016-2021 published in September 2015, the Government's recently announced Budget 2018 provides for an increase in the multi-annual capital investment for public transport with a four-year capital...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: Insofar as congestion issues in Dublin are concerned, the National Transport Authority's (NTA) Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area provides the overarching framework for the planning and delivery of transport infrastructure and services over the next two decades. Addressing urban congestion on both the strategic road network and locally in certain locations is an important...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: In my response to the Question referred to and the discussion which followed, you may recall that I made it clear that I intend to deal with this issue and strengthen the law with regard to learner drivers driving unaccompanied by a qualified driver. Subject to legal advice, I intend to bring a memo to Government on this matter shortly, with a view to introducing an amendment to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Programmes (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: Full details on the allocations for each of my Department's subheads for 2018 will be set out, as usual, in the Revised Estimates Volume (REV). In the meantime my Department is in discussion with relevant agencies regarding the details of allocations. The Government has also proposed that a ten year national investment plan will be set out which will take account of the National...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: The issue raised is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA) and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response  within  ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: Full details on the allocations for each of my Department's subheads for 2018 will be set out, as usual, in the Revised Estimates Volume (REV).  In the meantime my Department is in discussion with relevant agencies regarding the details of allocations. The Government has also proposed that a ten year national investment plan will be set out which will take account of the National...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Data (24 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: As the Deputy is aware, I am strongly committed to facilitating the uptake of low-emission technologies in the public transport sector. My Department published the National Policy Framework for Alternative Fuels Infrastructure for Transport in Ireland in May to support the deployment of alternative fuels for transport in Ireland and assist in removing any barriers that exist towards...