Results 101-120 of 11,242 for speaker:Noel Dempsey
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Dempsey: The fees payable to Board members of the Road Safety Authority are determined by Government. The amounts paid for the years in question are published in the RSA Annual Accounts.
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Dempsey: The fees payable to Board members of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety are determined by Government. The amounts paid for the years in question are published in the MBRS Annual Accounts.
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Dempsey: The National Transport Authority (NTA) was established on 1 December, 2009. The fees payable to Board members of the NTA are determined by Government and will be published in their Annual Accounts.
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Dempsey: The fees payable to Board members of the Railway Procurement Agency are determined by Government and are published in their Annual Accounts.
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Dempsey: Discussions are taking place between the Coast Guard, the HSE and the Irish Aviation Authority regarding the possibility of an 'aeromedical' trial being undertaken in the West Clare area, whereby Coast Guard helicopters might be deployed in certain life critical circumstances to assist the national HSE ambulance service. It is hoped that the trial might commence in mid-2011. However, it is...
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Dempsey: The Road Traffic Act 2010 provides for the introduction of mandatory breath testing of drivers by An Garda SÃochána in certain circumstances, including where a Garda attends at the scene of a collision where injury has been caused. Because of the inter-relationship between the section of the 2010 Act that introduces mandatory breath testing and other drink driving related sections of the...
- Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Dempsey: The position is that the Dublin Airport Authority is still in active discussions with the Lynx group regarding this proposal and that meetings are taking place on an ongoing basis.
- Written Answers — Legal Services: Legal Services (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Dempsey: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will be forwarded shortly.
- Written Answers — Legal Proceedings: Legal Proceedings (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Dempsey: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will be forwarded shortly.
- Written Answers — Legal Services: Legal Services (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Dempsey: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled and will be forwarded shortly.
- Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 493 and 494 together. Following the termination of Ryanair's contract to operate the Kerry Dublin PSO air service, my Department contacted the next highest ranking tenderer for the service and, in accordance with Paragraph 8 of the original invitation to tender for the service, asked them to consider whether they were in a position to provide the service for...
- Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (16 Dec 2010)
Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 236 and 244 together. Pobal administers the Rural Transport Programme (RTP) on behalf of my Department and is responsible, among other things, for allocating funds to individual community transport groups from funding provided by my Department. I understand from Pobal that the following amounts were allocated to the RTP Programme in Waterford:- Year â'¬...
- Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (16 Dec 2010)
Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 238 and 239 together. The Public Transport Regulation Act, 2009, provides for the transfer of functions and staff of the Commission for Taxi Regulation (CTR) to the National Transport Authority (NTA) upon the making of an Order by me. I will shortly make the Order to give effect to the transfer effective from 1 January 2011. On transfer of functions, the NTA...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Dec 2010)
Noel Dempsey: No bonus payments were made to any member of staff in my Department between 2009 and 2010. The payment of bonus payments to staff members of the bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the Board of the State Company concerned. Under the Minister for Finance's Guidelines on Contracts, Remuneration and other Conditions of Chief Executives and Senior Management of Commercial...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (16 Dec 2010)
Noel Dempsey: In my capacity as Minister for Transport I do not make Government appointments.
- Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (16 Dec 2010)
Noel Dempsey: PSO air services subvention is set out in the following table: PSO Contract Amounts, per contract year Jul 05 to Jul 06 Jul 06 to Jul 07 Jul 07 to Jul 08 Jul 08 to Jul09 Jul 09 to Jul10 July10 toJuly 11 Galway â¬2,953,594 â¬3,004,919 â¬3,041,058 â¬3,271,344 â¬3,314,239 â¬3,430,810 Kerry â¬3,013,556 â¬3,003,493 â¬3,008,433 â¬1,750,000 â¬1,750,000 â¬1,750,000 Sligo/Donegal...
- Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (16 Dec 2010)
Noel Dempsey: Passenger numbers at the six Regional Airports since 2005, including those available to date in 2010, are set out below: PassengersStatistics Part of 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Donegal Up to Nov. 44,640 50,750 64,532 60,388 56,656 47,776 Galway Up to Oct. 134,209 194,158 266,897 309,302 248,972 252,897 Kerry Up to Oct.346,490 356,247 423,291 389,434 392,400 382,678...
- Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (16 Dec 2010)
Noel Dempsey: The total budget for PSOs for air services for the period July 2010 to July 2011 is â¬15,563,871 of which â¬5,906,329 is allocated for PSO air services between Donegal Airport and Dublin and between Sligo Airport and Dublin. These two PSO air services are operated under a combined contract. PSO funding is also provided for air services between Dublin Airport and Kerry, Galway, Knock, and...
- Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (16 Dec 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. Following a microlight accident near Carnew, Co. Wicklow in September 2007, the Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) of my Department issued Safety Recommendation (SR) 24 of 2008. This gave rise to...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Dec 2010)
Noel Dempsey: The Department of Transport implements the Performance Management and Development System (PMDS) as agreed in General Council Reports 1368, 1398 and 1452. My Department also has a PMDS Policy which underpins these agreements.