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Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: The applicant has been placed on a cancellation list for a driving test at the Kilkenny driving test centre and a test appointment will be arranged as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: The national development plan, NDP, provides for a substantial investment in national roads over the period 2000 to 2006. A significant priority within the national roads programme is to upgrade the five main inter-urban routes, linking Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Galway and the Dundalk Border with Dublin, to motorway-high quality dual carriageway standard, involving a substantial public...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 302 and 303 together. Proposals being developed by my Department for the regulation and quality assurance of driving instruction will involve a test of the competence of individual instructors. A working group comprising representatives of my Department and of instruction interests has formulated the design of the standards that a driving instructor must meet....

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: Responsibility for the development of specific proposals for the expansion of Luas services lies with the Railway Procurement Agency, RPA. However, provision of further transport services in the greater Dublin area is being pursued within the broad policy framework established by the Dublin Transportation Office's A Platform for Change. This framework does not envisage an extension of the...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: There are 118,074 applicants awaiting a driving test at present. Details of those applicants who are taking their driving test for the second or subsequent occasion are not recorded at application stage.

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: The Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill currently before the House provides that "Any person who immediately before the establishment day was a member of the staff of the Department of Transport and who is designated by the Minister for employment in the Authority shall on the appointed day be transferred to and become a member of the staff of the Authority." Negotiation and...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 307 and 308 together. Funding made available to the road safety agencies under the aegis of my Department in 1997 amounted to approximately €10.65 million. The following table sets out the funding to the road safety agencies under the aegis of my Department on an annual basis, since 1998, the first full year of the operation of the Government Road Safety...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: The issue of the purchase or disposal of lands is an operational matter for Iarnród Éireann to consider in the light of its requirements. Iarnród Éireann is exploring options with Fingal County Council to improve access to Clonsilla station which may also yield some parking benefits. It would also encourage private sector involvement in car parking schemes.

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: The national development plan, NDP, included a private finance target of €1.27 billion. This target is the cumulative contribution expected from the private finance sector towards the capital investment in the national roads programme for the period 2000 to 2006. The National Roads Authority, NRA, announced in mid-2000 a programme of nine PPP projects. This PPP programme was further...

Written Answers — Airport Services: Airport Services (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: There is no statutory requirement for the monitoring of noise emissions from aeroplanes at Weston Aerodrome. My Department has responsibility for implementing European legislation relating to noise emissions from civil subsonic jet aeroplanes, which are large commercial jet aircraft. These regulations-directives apply to civil airports that have more than 50,000 movements of civil subsonic...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: In accordance with the 1944 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, aircraft may come into Ireland for technical stops such as for refuelling purposes, as this aircraft has done, without notifying the Department of Transport, and no notification about this aircraft was received by my Department. My Department has been informed by Shannon Airport management that this particular...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: The provision of public bus services on specific routes is a commercial and operational matter for bus operators. It is open to any private bus operator who may be interested to apply to my Department for an annual passenger licence under the Road Transport Act 1932 to operate a regular bus service on the route mentioned in the Deputy's question and my Department would look favourably on any...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: Regulations on driver licensing set out the various categories of driving licence in accordance with harmonised EU requirements. A category B driving licence gives entitlement to drive vehicles, other than motorcycles, mopeds, work vehicles or land tractors, having a design gross vehicle weight not exceeding 3,500 kg and having passenger accommodation for not more than eight persons. The...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: The national development plan provides for significant private sector investment in the national roads development programme. In line with this policy, a number of major road upgrade projects are being implemented by the National Roads Authority, NRA, by means of public private partnerships, with the private sector being remunerated in part by user tolls. The assessment and evaluation of all...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: The statutory responsibility for the provision of railway services rests with Iarnród Éireann. As I have stated in previous responses to similar questions about Killucan, the company is involved in discussions with the local authorities in the area to establish whether a suitable catchment area for any proposed station can be established. This is normal practice in circumstances such as...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Accidents: Road Traffic Accidents (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: Statistics relating to road accidents, based on information provided by the Garda Síochána, are published by the National Roads Authority in its annual road accident facts reports. The most recent report is in respect of 2002 and is available in the Oireachtas Library along with reports relating to previous years. The table below sets out the number of fatalities in Ireland from 1997 to...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: The issue raised by the Deputy is the day-to-day responsibility of the Railway Procurement Agency and I have brought the concerns raised to its attention.

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: The contract for the delivery of the driver theory testing service was awarded to Prometric Thomson Learning, a company based in Manchester which is part of Thomson Learning, a division of the Thomson Corporation, a major conglomerate headquartered in the United States of America. The company operates a call centre in Manchester through which test applications are processed. A separate...

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: As indicated in reply to Question No. 319 on 17 November 2004, the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 empower local authorities, the Irish Wheelchair Association and the Disabled Drivers Association to grant a disabled person's parking permit when they are satisfied that the applicant is suffering from a disability that prevents him or her from walking or causes undue...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (23 Nov 2004)

Martin Cullen: The Irish Aviation Authority, IAA, provides air traffic control and communications services to aircraft which pass through sovereign and international airspace it administers on the north Atlantic. Only a small proportion of military flights through Irish administered airspace pass through Irish sovereign airspace. Irish administered airspace covers 135,000 square miles of which 32,000 square...