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Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (30 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The helicopters in use by the Garda Air Support Unit are unsuitable for maritime Search and Rescue tasks. They are not equipped or configured for maritime Search and Rescue and would certainly not be suitable for most of the conditions and circumstances where SAR operations are deployed in the Irish Search and Rescue region.

Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (30 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The possibility of the Department of Defence taking over responsibility for Search and Rescue operations was considered by both Departments. However the potential for the Air Corps to re-enter this area of operations was not considered feasible.

Written Answers — Transport Services: Transport Services (30 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The Department and its agencies have aviation, maritime and land transport links across the world, including with Asia. The potential for enhancing these links or establishing new ones is a matter that is kept under review.

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (30 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 257 and 266 together. Responsibility for driving the development of the air freight sector lies primarily with the Dublin Airport Authority, given its mandate with regard to the three State airports. This development will be primarily influenced by airlines' assessment of market potential. Accordingly commercial decisions on specific air services, such as...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (30 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Decisions on commercial and operational matters at Aer Lingus are a matter for the Board and management of the Company and it is not open to the Government to intervene in such matters. Aer Lingus is an independent Company and it has to make decisions on a commercial basis. In a second ballot, the result of which was announced on Friday 26th March, Aer Lingus cabin crew members of IMPACT...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (30 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The review is being undertaken by the National Roads Authority, as the body with statutory responsibility for the improvement and maintenance of national roads, including the allocation of funding to individual projects. The review has already commenced and will be completed later this year and submitted to my Department.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (30 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 10th February 2010, the Department provided the Deputy with the pay scales for each chief executive of an agency under the aegis of this Department. The additional information requested by the Deputy cannot be provided at this time due to industrial action.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (30 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Section 9 of the Road Traffic Act 2004 sets out the range of special speed limits that may be applied by local authorities through bye-laws. This legislation is kept under review by my Department on an ongoing basis. There are, however, currently no proposals to provide for a 40km per hour special speed limit option in addition to the 50kmph and 30kmph options that are currently provided for.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (30 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: This is an operational matter for Bus Eireann.

Written Answers — Car Tests: Car Tests (30 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006) vehicle testing is a matter for the Road Safety Authority.

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (30 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Statutory responsibility for the regulation of safety standards of civil aviation in the State has been vested in the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) under the Irish Aviation Authority Act, 1993. I have no function in this regard. I understand from the IAA that it issued a consultation document on the current requirements for microlight operations in the State on 5th February. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (30 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The following savings for my Department, arising from the Report of the Special Group were included in Budget 2010. Transport Savings Measures €m Savings 2010 Programme A - Administration A.1 Reduce pay expenditure 1.9 A.2 Reduce non pay expenditure 0.9 Programme A Savings 2.8 Programme B - Roads B1 Reduce expenditure on roads maintenance/improvement 13.8 B4 National...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (25 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: When deciding on the allocation of over €412 million in Exchequer regional and local road grants for 2010 my priority was to protect the existing investment in the roads network and to carefully target resources to address, on a priority basis, the most urgently required repairs resulting from the extensive damage caused by the recent severe weather. With that in mind, I simplified the...

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (25 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The Department of Transport has no such leasing arrangements with commercial businesses.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (25 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Yesterday I announced €14 million in grants for bus priority and park and ride in Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford. This included an allocation of €5.33 million for Cork City Council which manages the Green Route programme in both city and county. The bulk of this funding is for the Ballincollig Green Route which will have significant bus priority. It was not possible to provide...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (25 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The opening of new train stations is a matter for Iarnrod Éireann, which has been asked to respond directly to you regarding this matter.

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (25 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 124 and 125 together. I refer the Deputy to my reply to Dáil Question No 71 on 24th March 2010.

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (25 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Since 1st December 2009, the imposition of public service obligations in the provision of bus services is a matter which comes under the remit of the National Transport Authority (NTA). The Oireachtas Liaison Officer for the NTA is Mr. Matt Benville, The National Transport Authority, 59 Dawson St., Dublin 2. Regarding funding for rural transport, the provision for the Rural Transport...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (25 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: I refer to the Deputy to my reply of Dáil Question No. 244 of 2 March 2010 on the matter.

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (25 Mar 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The arrangement of property leases, the applicable terms and rental levels etc. in respect of leased buildings used by the Department of Transport is made by the Office of Public Works. I am advised that the information sought by the Deputy will be provided by the Minister for Finance in his reply to this question.