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Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (22 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The European Commission has recently issued draft guidelines entitled Community guidelines on financing of airports and start-up aid to airlines departing from regional airports. The draft guidelines are available on the Commission's website, www.europa.eu.int and the Commission has invited views and comments from interested parties by 7 March 2005. The Commission has also written separately...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (22 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I refer the Deputy to the answer given to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 158 and 151 of 15 February 2005. There has been no change since this reply.

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (22 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The planning, design and implementation of national roads improvement projects is a matter for the National Roads Authority and the relevant local authorities concerned. I have no plans to designate stretches of dual carriageway for persons who carpool. The provision of free travel for particular categories of vehicles or users on toll roads is a matter for the NRA in the context of toll...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (22 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The present network of driving test centres comprises 54 test centres nationwide. This is generally considered to provide good coverage across the country and represents a reasonable balance between convenience to test applicants and the need for economy in delivering the driver testing service. I have no proposals to provide a test centre in Drogheda as the existing test centres in Dundalk,...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (22 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: Under the Ireland-US bilateral aviation agreement, there is no impediment to Irish airlines operating scheduled or charter transatlantic services to and from Cork. However, US carriers may only operate charter services to and from Cork. Traditionally the focus of Irish transatlantic services had been on Shannon and Dublin. Recently, however, my Department took account of a number of Irish...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (22 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Road Traffic Act 2002, which provides the legislative basis for the introduction and operation of the penalty points system, contains specific provisions governing application of such points on the licence record of an individual. Section 5 of the Act provides that where penalty points are to be endorsed on a record, a notification of that endorsement must be issued to the licence holder...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (22 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I outlined the current position in regard to a number of public transport and road measures in the Dublin area in my response on 15 February 2005 to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 94, 95, 123, 132, 157, 161, 171, 344, 354, 360. In response to Questions Nos. 98 and 110 of 15 February, I outlined my intention to bring a ten year transport investment framework to Government. The ten year transport...

Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (22 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: Passenger traffic through Dublin Airport is forecast to grow from last year's level of more than 17 million passengers to 30 million by 2018. New infrastructure capacity and facilities, both airside and landside, will clearly be needed to cater for this growth, including further terminal capacity. The issue at this point is how best to provide that additional capacity to meet passenger...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (22 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: As, in accordance with my decision of October 2004, the height of the DPT is not being increased and as the implementation of individual national road improvement projects is a matter for the NRA and the local authority concerned rather than my Department, the completion of the Dublin Port tunnel as designed, the implementation of a HGV traffic management strategy to coincide with the opening...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (17 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Irish Drivers Association has recently submitted an agenda for an initial meeting with my officials. Arrangements are being made for representatives from the association to meet with my officials to discuss issues which come within the remit of my Department.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (17 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The relevant provisions of the Road Traffic Act 2004 which was enacted on 22 December 2004 to establish a new system of speed limits based on metric values were commenced on 20 January 2005. The changeover process involved the provision of more than 58,000 traffic signs depicting the application of speed limits across the country. The new metric traffic signs provided prior to 20 January...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (17 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: My Department has introduced a process to recycle paper waste. In 2004, almost 45,000 kg of paper waste was shredded and subsequently processed into recycled paper products. While the weight of other waste is not recorded, officials of my Department are preparing a broad waste reduction plan in consultation with the Department of the Environment as part of the Government's race against waste...

Written Answers — National Car Test: National Car Test (17 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: In accordance with Directive 96/96/EC, a passenger car becomes liable for the national car test when it is four years old — that is on its fourth anniversary of first registration — and is liable for a further test every two years thereafter. In accordance with this schedule, where a car is tested other than at the specified time, the test certificate is valid from the date of the test...

Written Answers — Departmental Credit Cards: Departmental Credit Cards (17 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: Expenditure on credit cards by the Department of Transport from August 2002 to January 2005 amounted to almost €194,000. The August 2002 date has been used as the Department's financial system was changed at that time. Cards are used on a regular basis to defray various expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. A list of expenses is attached. Credit Card Spend from August...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (17 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Department has, on limited occasions, employed outside professional public relations advice. Tony O'Brien Communications was employed in 2004 to assist the Department with media relations and was paid a fee of approximately €6,000. Laurie Cearr Associates was employed by the Department for the organisation and management of public relations activities and other work in 2002 and 2004 and...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (16 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: In March 2002, the Railway Procurement Agency, RPA, was given statutory responsibility under the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001 (Additional Functions) (Integrated Ticketing) Order 2002 for the delivery of an integrated ticketing system. The contactless smartcard-based integrated ticketing system, which will enable a passenger to use a single ticket on one or more scheduled public...

Written Answers — Seachtain na Gaeilge: Seachtain na Gaeilge (16 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: My Department is fully committed to the promotion of the Irish language. With regard to the Official Languages Act 2003 this Department is meeting all of its obligations under those parts of the Act commenced to date and will continue to do so. My officials will explore ways of celebrating seachtain na Gaeilge.

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (16 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: My Department has recently received a draft of the Air Navigation and Transport (Cape Town Convention) Bill 2005, from the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. It is my intention to secure Government approval for the text of the Bill and to introduce it in the Oireachtas very shortly. The Cape Town Convention is intended to reduce the risks associated with financing aircraft and will make...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (16 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: Last year, my predecessor as Minister for Transport, Deputy Brennan, appointed a working group to carry out an examination of the proposal to re-open the western rail corridor. The group is under the chairmanship of Mr. Pat McCann, group chief executive, Jury's Doyle Hotel Group. The group is comprised of county managers, directors of the regional authorities, representatives of city and...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97 and 108 together. In keeping with the provisions of the State Airports Act 2004, the board of the Dublin Airport Authority has a statutory mandate to do everything necessary to give effect to the restructuring of the State airports. The Shannon and Cork Airport Authorities were incorporated in October 2004 and in line with the framework provided by the...