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Written Answers — Transport Projects: Transport Projects (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I assume the Deputy is referring to the report, A Vision of Transport in Ireland in 2050, published in September 2004 by the Irish Academy of Engineering. The report outlines a vision of transport in Ireland in 2050 and while the report is not a transport plan or a set of transport proposals it is a useful input to the longer-term transport planning process. The concepts and ideas contained...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: Following my appointment to the Department of Transport, I have appointed Colin Hunt as a special adviser in accordance with section 11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997. Mr. Hunt's contract was laid before the Houses on 10 January 2005.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Road Traffic (Ordinary Speed Limits — Certain Vehicles) Regulations 2005, SI 9 of 2005, made by me on 12 January 2005 prescribe maximum speed limits for certain classes of vehicles from 20 January 2005. The speed limit of 80 km/h limit has been prescribed for vehicles that have accommodation for more than eight passengers, for goods vehicles having a design gross weight in excess of...

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 151 and 158 together. Proposals are being pursued in my Department to ensure that measures are taken to improve public transport flows and to reduce congestion. The objective of providing bus priority measures is to assist bus operators in meeting their schedules thereby assisting in the achievement of modal shift from the private car to public transport. My...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 152 and 167 together. The Government strongly pursued the implementation of its first strategy for road safety 1998-2002. The strategy prioritised a systematic and co-ordinated set of measures for preventing and reducing road accidents. By the end of the period of the first strategy almost all the measures set out were either fully or partially implemented....

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156 and 162. The Road Traffic Act 2004 establishes that the default speed limit on national roads in rural areas is 100 km/h. This provision came into force on 20 January 2005. It is a matter for each county or city council to determine whether the default speed limit at any particular location should be replaced through the deployment of a special speed...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: Electronic toll collection is in use on existing toll plazas and will be used on all future toll schemes. Electronic toll collection does not require legislation for its use. However, the electronic toll collection systems in place use a barrier as the main enforcement tool. Toll operators do not consider the existing legislative arrangements robust enough to support a move to barrier free...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The proposed directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on emissions from air conditioning systems in motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC is progressing through the Community's deliberative process. The directive will lay down the requirements for the EC type-approval of vehicles as regards emissions from, and the safe functioning of, air conditioning systems...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Dublin Transportation Office's report, A Platform for Change, provides the transport planning framework for the development of the transport system in the greater Dublin area up to 2016 and is being used by my Department to guide the preparation of a ten year transport investment framework. The Dublin Transportation Office has recently commenced preliminary work on updating A Platform for...

Written Answers — Taxi Hardship Panel: Taxi Hardship Panel (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The taxi hardship payments scheme is based on the recommendations and parameters set out in the taxi hardship panel report, as approved by the Government. The report recommended establishment of a scheme to provide payments to individual taxi licence holders who fall into one of six categories that the panel assessed as having suffered extreme personal financial hardship arising from taxi...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The Comptroller and Auditor General has informed my Department of his intention to commence a preliminary review of the West Link Bridge toll agreement with a view to determining whether a full value for money examination is warranted. The original agreement was approved in principle by Government in October 1984 and concluded in October 1987. This was a time when the economic outlook was...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The programme for Government contains a specific commitment to develop a metro rail service for Dublin with a link to Dublin Airport. The Railway Procurement Agency has submitted to my Department a detailed business case for a metro from Dublin city centre to Dublin Airport, while Iarnród Éireann submitted proposals last July for an integrated rail network in the greater Dublin area. These...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: Iarnród Éireann, in consultation with Meath and Fingal county councils, has, in recent days, completed a feasibility study into the development of a spur off the Maynooth to Dublin line at Clonsilla to a location at the N3 beyond Dunboyne. While a copy of the feasibility study has been forwarded to my Department, it is now a matter for Iarnród Éireann to decide how it wishes to proceed...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: It is Government policy to encourage as wide a range as possible of safe, reliable and competitive air services to and from Ireland. The central tenet of this policy is the belief that strong, competitive and efficient networks of air links are vitally important for developing our trade and tourism sectors, particularly having regard to our island status and peripheral location. The operation...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: In his recent Budget Statement, the Minister for Finance agreed in principle that an extended ten-year capital envelope was appropriate in the case of investment in transport. This reflects the reality of the long lead-in times required for design and planning, as well as the substantial construction periods required for major capital projects in the transport sector. It also provides clear...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 123 which I replied to earlier.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: The statutory basis for the use of cycle tracks is set out in the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 and 1998. The regulations prohibit parking in a cycle track. The offence of illegal parking in a cycle track comes within the scope of the on-the-spot fines system and the amount of the on-the-spot fine currently applicable to the offence is €19, which is the level that...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: Although some information has been supplied to me in respect of the aggregate expenses of directors of State bodies, in no case have I detailed a list of the expenses paid to individual directors. This is a day-to-day matter for the bodies concerned

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: Worker directors appointed to State boards of bodies under the aegis of the Department of Transport are remunerated on the same basis as other directors and are paid rates as approved by the Department of Finance. They are required to devote to the performance of their duties as a member of the board so much of their time as may be necessary in addition to the efficient discharge of their...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (15 Feb 2005)

Martin Cullen: I refer the Deputy to my response to an identical question on 29 September last. The situation since then is unchanged. The location of stations on the rail network is a matter for Iarnród Éireann. The company informs me that it has examined the case for reopening Dunleer station on a number of occasions in the past. A review of the Dublin suburban rail strategy, conducted on behalf of the...