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Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (1 Dec 2005)

Ivor Callely: The review of the special permit system will be completed early in the new year. I recently had a very positive meeting with the Assistant Commissioner, Garda National Traffic Bureau, on this subject.

Seanad: Transport Policy: Statements. (1 Dec 2005)

Ivor Callely: I thank the Senators for their contributions to a very interesting and useful debate on Transport 21. I do not doubt that it is the first of many debates we will have on this important initiative and the major projects included therein over the next ten years. The recurring message from many speakers related to implementation. Practically everyone welcomed the plan but asked about its...

Seanad: Transport Policy: Statements. (1 Dec 2005)

Ivor Callely: What about Gay Byrne?

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (30 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: I look forward to meeting them.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (30 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: I replied to the correspondence I received.

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (30 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: This debate comes at a time when we face major challenges in the pursuit of our road safety policies. Road safety is an evolving area of public policy. Improvements in road network standards and vehicle engineering can, on the one hand, enhance road safety and, on the other hand, establish a false sense of security that blinds us to the need for constant care. The major challenge to the...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (29 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: My review of this matter is ongoing. I will communicate the outcome of the review in due course.

Written Answers — Park and Ride Facilities: Park and Ride Facilities (24 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18, 30, and 40 together. It is a key aim of the Department of Transport to develop an integrated transport system that will be an attractive alternative to the private car and help to minimise traffic congestion in urban areas. Provision of adequate park and ride facilities at appropriate locations around the country is an essential component in achieving this...

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (24 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: Since 1997, this Government has been implementing a sustained programme to develop key elements of our transport system and reduce congestion. Transport 21 has secured funding for a major public transport investment programme designed to inject a large amount of additional capacity into the public transport network over the next ten years. Existing programmes, such as my Department's traffic...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (24 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: Section 16 of the Road Transport Act 1999 provides for an on-the-spot fine in lieu of prosecution for offences under the Road Transport Acts and EU regulations on drivers' hours and rest periods. The commencement of this section has been the subject of discussions with the Office of the Attorney General and the advice now is that a provision in primary legislation will be required to ensure...

Written Answers — Cycle Facilities: Cycle Facilities (24 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: The Government is committed to promoting cycling, as is made clear in the Programme for Government, and it is Government policy to make provision for the bicycle as a separate mode in the design and maintenance of roads. The provision of cycle ways and cycle parking is, in the first instance, a matter for the relevant local authorities. In the greater Dublin area, GDA, funding for cycling is...

Written Answers — Heavy Goods Vehicles: Heavy Goods Vehicles (24 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: In April 2005, I wrote to the Irish Road Haulage Association, IRHA, the Society of the Irish Motor Industry, SIMI, and the Irish Business and Employers' Confederation, IBEC, requesting them to consider retrofitting vehicles with blind spot mirrors or indirect vision devices. In addition, I asked that in advance of the 26 January 2007 deadline all new HGVs being put on the market would meet...

Written Answers — Road Accidents: Road Accidents (24 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: Three separate inquiries were undertaken into the tragic school bus accident in County Meath: one by the Garda authorities; one on behalf of Bus Éireann; and one by the Health and Safety Authority. I have not yet received a report from any of these inquiries.

Written Answers — National Car Test: National Car Test (24 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: It was provided for in the car testing tender documents that the company selected to operate car testing would be required to achieve and maintain accreditation to EN 45004 standard. At the time of the preparation of the contract documents, work was proceeding on the development of parameters specific to vehicle testing for inclusion in EN 45004 standard and it was considered that it would be...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (24 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: Mobile phone use while driving a motor vehicle is under examination in my Department in the overall context of in-vehicle information and communications technologies. Subject to the outcome of that examination, it is my intention to include proposals related to the use of mobile phones by drivers in the next appropriate Road Traffic Bill.

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (24 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: As the Deputy will recall from the reply I gave on Wednesday, 19 October, 2005, 37 projects were tabled by members of the Clare Street initiative, CSI, in the advance of the inaugural meeting on 5 October 2005. Workshops were held to consider those projects in detail and a short list of projects, in some cases involving an amalgamation of individual projects, was identified. Announcement of a...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (24 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: My Department's traffic management grants provides funding, through the DTO, to local authorities and the quality bus network office, for investment in traffic management schemes throughout the greater Dublin area, GDA. Projects funded range from simple traffic management interventions such as banned right turns to more comprehensive schemes such as quality bus corridors. The main objective...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (24 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: It is my intention to have regulations made before end December 2005 which will transpose Directive 2005/11/EC, amending for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Council Directive 92/23/EC relating to tyres for motor vehicles and their trailers and to their fitting. The directive will allow laboratories of tyre manufacturers to be accepted as approved test laboratories...

Written Answers — Air Navigation Services: Air Navigation Services (24 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: The main purpose of the Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) Bill 2005 is to give effect to the International Convention relating to Co-operation for the Safety of Air Navigation signed at Brussels on 13 December 1960, as consolidated by the protocol signed at Brussels on 27 June 1997. The revised Eurocontrol convention was concluded following several years in negotiation. The changes represent a...

Road Traffic Regulations. (24 Nov 2005)

Ivor Callely: The question refers to two different issues, namely, the super-truck, or super-cube, and the November 2005 European Court of Justice ruling. Although the Deputy does not quote the reference, I presume the question refers to the weight issue. There is a distinction between height and weight. EU law permits member states to have national weight and dimension limits for road vehicles provided...