Written answers
Tuesday, 4 May 2004
- Light Rail Project
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Transport the supervision role of his Department in the Luas project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10995/04] - National Car Test
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has to review the pass and fail criteria of the NCT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10984/04] - Road Safety
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Transport when the fifth progress report on the road to safety will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11019/04] - Rail Network
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the need to reopen the Cork-Midleton rail link; if further progress has been made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on... - Penalty Points System
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has to review the penalty points system. [11011/04] - Regional Airports
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the future of the regional airports with specific reference to State subvention. [12535/04] - Rail Network
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has to progress the western rail corridor in view of the strategic rail review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11010/04] - Light Rail Project
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Transport the predicted annual passenger numbers of each of the Sandyford and Tallaght Luas lines; and the predicted annual passenger numbers for the initial... - Driving Tests
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to address the driving test backlog; when he plans to introduce legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10987/04] - Traffic Corps
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has held talks recently with representatives from the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on... - Infrastructural Projects
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Transport the financial mechanisms in place to review infrastructural projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10998/04] - Light Rail Project
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received a report from the Luas project team on the safety of the Luas lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11046/04] - State Airports
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his recent contacts with SIPTU regarding strike action at the airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9090/04] - Drink Driving Convictions
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of legal challenges to drink driving convictions which are under way following the successful case of seven drivers who had convictions... - Bus Stops
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself with the procedure for the location of bus stops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11024/04] - Speed Limits
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in regard to motorists who received endorsements, penalty points and fines for speeding in urban areas in south Dublin in which new... - Driving Licences
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he is taking to put procedures in place for lost driving licences when there is no record of a licence having been issued; and if he will... - Traffic Management
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Transport if motorbikes will be allowed to use bus lanes by amending regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11044/04] - Driving Tests
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has to reform the driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11007/04] - Rail Network
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the development of the Phoenix Park tunnel; if he has had discussions with Irish Rail on the issue; and if he will make a statement on... - Road Safety
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of road deaths that have occurred here in 2004 up to the latest date for which figures are available; the way in which these contrast to... - Pensions Provisions
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Transport the alternative legislative arrangements he will put in place to safeguard the present and future entitlements of CIE pensioners of all grades,... - Integrated Ticketing
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Transport if he intends to bring forward integrated ticketing and smartcard technologies; if money has been allocated for this purpose in his Department's... - Property Disposal
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Transport if he intends requesting CIE to sell off some of its property, estimated at €500 million, to reduce its debt; if such a request is a precursor to... - Road Safety
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on recent comments by the chairman of the Road Safety Council that the absence of a central budget for road safety is responsible for... - Transport Service Regulation
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to permit private bus operators to pick up passengers on existing CIE routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12506/04] - Rail Network
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on Iarnród Éireann proposals for a new integrated greater Dublin commuter rail system, involving the construction of two new DART lines;... - Dublin Port Tunnel
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Transport the position with regard to the building of the Dublin Port tunnel; the reasons he asked contractors building the tunnel to give him a legally... - Public Transport
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects negotiations with the public sector transport unions on the opening up of the Dublin and intercity bus markets to conclude; and if... - Road Traffic Offences
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to recent comments from the President of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors calling for a tougher... - Rural Transport Services
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce new rural transport initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11017/04] - Road Safety
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the new campaign to reduce road deaths throughout Europe launched recently in Dublin; the road safety goals and measures articulated in... - Transport Service Regulation
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for bus deregulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10999/04] - Light Rail Project
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the Luas project, including the Red Cow interchange; the extent to which cost overruns are expected; and if he will make a... - Public Transport
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects to announce the full details of the capital investment programme for public transport; if projects such as the rail interconnector... - Rail Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to recent comments from a UK-based health and safety consultant (details supplied) that overcrowding on commuter... - Airport Development Projects
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport the analysis his Department is undertaking of the long-term strategic development of airports here; if his Department is considering the proposed... - Rail Services
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Transport the plans he has to introduce public service contracts into the rail service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11021/04] - Railway Stations
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the development of the Spencer Dock; if he has had discussions with Irish Rail on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the... - Light Rail Project
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport the role his Department has in the possible extension of the Sandyford Luas line to Cherrywood; when he expects this project to be approved; the... - Public Transport
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Transport the policy changes he intends to introduce to ensure that a change to more sedentary transport modes is reversed in view of the concerns expressed... - Traffic Management
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to ban HGVs from Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10996/04] - State Airports
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has investigated the experience of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority whose executives have expressed the view that the privatised...
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