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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: I assume that the Deputy is referring to grant allocations made in respect of roads. The 2010 allocations for national roads were announced on 1st February 2010, the details of which are set out in the National Roads Authority document entitled: "Grant Allocations to local authorities for National Roads – 2010", a copy of which I recently had placed in the Oireachtas Library. Included in...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (9 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: I have not received recommendations from Mayo County Council in respect of changes to the speed limits that apply in that county. Statutory responsibility for the application of special speed limits through the making of special speed limit bye-laws is vested in the elected members of county councils and city councils.

Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (9 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The second factory acceptance test on all the Integrated Communications System (ICS) equipment was successfully completed in November 2009. The equipment for Valentia currently resides in the main Coast Guard Stores in Dublin. My Department is awaiting a report on the scale and cost of the works required at Malin Head and Valentia. This report will determine the order in which the work will...

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: It is not a point of order.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: We can get someone to explain it to the Deputy. If only she would listen to the answers she is given.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The Deputy does not want answers.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The Deputy does not want information.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The Deputy should be able to keep up with it so.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Exactly. Constitutionally, one cannot do it the other way.

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (4 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is a statutory function of each road authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. The carrying out of works on these roads is a matter for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of projects to be...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (4 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: It is my understanding that the Garda Síochána create a CT 68 form following a road traffic collision. The form, which contains statistical data pertaining to the collision, is copied to the RSA for analytical purposes, before being passed to the Local Authority in whose functional area the collision took place. The decision to release the form is a matter for the relevant Local Authority.

Written Answers — Aviation Security: Aviation Security (4 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Aviation security at EU airports is governed by EU Regulations (EC) Nos. 2320/2002, 300/2008 and 820/2008. These Regulations established common Community rules in the field of civil aviation security, in force since January 2003. These Regulations and a series of supplementary implementing Regulations have been adopted into our National Civil Aviation Security Programme (NCASP). All Irish...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (4 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is a statutory function of each road authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. The carrying out of works on these roads is a matter for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of projects to be...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (4 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: I refer the Deputy to the reply given to Dáil Question number 154 of 3 December 2009. The position remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (3 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: My Department has asked Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann to compile the information sought and forward it directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Road Safety Authority: Road Safety Authority (3 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The total allocation for the Road Safety Authority for 2010, as published in my Department's Estimate, is €32.846m. An adjustment to this figure will be made in respect of the reduction in salaries for public sector workers announced in the Budget, and the revised figure will be published shortly in the Revised Estimates Volume.

Written Answers — Roads Network: Roads Network (3 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme element of Transport 21. The construction, improvement and maintenance of individual national roads, including the N17 between County Galway and County Mayo, is a matter for the National Roads Authority under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 in conjunction with the local...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (3 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: Under the decentralisation programme 15 staff members of the Department of Transport were transferred to Loughrea, Co. Galway, in July, 2007. These staff are accommodated on the 2nd Floor, Clonfert House, Bride Street, Loughrea. The Road Safety Authority occupies the remainder of Clonfert House. All arrangements associated with the provision of this property were discharged by the Office of...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (3 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 249 and 250 together. The renewed Programme for Government of October 2009 commits the Government to the roll-out of Real Time Passenger Information (RTPI) in Dublin and Cork in 2010 and to Limerick, Galway and Waterford in 2011. The National Transport Authority will have responsibility for ensuring the delivery of the commitment in the Programme for...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (3 Feb 2010)

Noel Dempsey: The Table below sets out the names of all nominees to bodies and agencies appointed by a Minister of this Department since the establishment of the Department of Transport on 6th June 2002. The Table includes the date of appointment and the name of the Minister who made the appointment. It would not be appropriate to include the addresses of appointees. In relation to nominees to port...