Written answers
Wednesday, 28 September 2005
- Road Network
Question 763: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are any major health issues at the Dublin Port tunnel particularly with regard to dangerous gases and levels of carbon dioxide. [24781/05] - Pension Provisions
Question 764: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will give the maximum support and assistance to the retired aviation staff association (details supplied) at Dublin Airport with regard to... - Public Transport
Question 766: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of new and additional buses promised to Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann under the national development plan; the number of each delivered... - EU Directives
Question 767: To ask the Minister for Transport if the State has fully implemented all directives from the European Union in respect of motor insurance; if it is correct that a failure to fully... - Departmental Contracts
Question 768: To ask the Minister for Transport the name of each company which secured a contract over €100,000 in value with his Department in each of the past five years. [24405/05] - Driving Tests
Question 769: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the opening of a new driving test centre in Killarney, County Kerry; the number of persons awaiting a test at the Killarney... - State Airports
Question 771: To ask the Minister for Transport his policy on the future of the Great Southern Hotels group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24505/05] - Public Transport
Question 772: To ask the Minister for Transport if some grant assistance or scheme will be put into place for bus operators who have to refit new seats with integrated seat belts in their buses... - Driving Tests
Question 773: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date in appointing private sector driving testers; when they will begin work; the number of tests per week that it is... - Road Safety
Question 774: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department will consider issuing permits from point to point for the movement of large construction equipment; if his attention has been... - Accident Investigations
Question 776: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received all the reports into the recent school bus tragedy in Navan; the main findings of such reports and the recommendations contained... - Traffic Management
Question 777: To ask the Minister for Transport if, during the review of the traffic management grants scheme proposed for late 2005, there will be a rigorous assessment of the demand for bus... - Driving Licences
Question 779: To ask the Minister for Transport if a driving licence was issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24664/05] - Road Safety
Question 780: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 15 February 2005, if guidelines under section 9 of the Road Traffic Act 2004 have now been issued to... - Road Network
Question 782: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the fact that the NRA and NTR are answerable to him under the 1993 Act; the reason he will not intervene on this matter relating to... - Rail Network
Question 783: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the state of the rail line currently running from Heuston Station, Dublin, through a tunnel under Phoenix Park and over ground... - Official Engagements
Question 784: To ask the Minister for Transport if he visited a GAA club (details supplied) in County Carlow during July 2005; if so, the purpose of the visit; the action he undertook as a result... - Legislative Programme
Question 785: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of the Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts coming wholly or partly under the auspices of his Department, or for... - State Airports
Question 786: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of permissions granted to aircraft registered outside the State to transit through or land at airports here or at Casement Aerodrome... - Air Services
Question 787: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the anti-privatisation efforts of staff at Aer Lingus as an alternative to selling the national airline; and the position regarding... - Road Network
Question 788: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the Dublin Port tunnel, particularly in relation to the cost of overruns and the completion date. [24958/05] - Rural Transport Integration
Question 789: To ask the Minister for Transport the procedure in tendering for a contract under a rural development transport initiative (details supplied). [25059/05] - Rail Network
Question 790: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to implement the McCann report on the western rail corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25086/05] - Decentralisation Programme
Question 791: To ask the Minister for Transport the timetable for the decentralisation of the National Roads Authority and the Railway Safety Commission to Ballinasloe; and if he will make a... - Rail Network
Question 792: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to upgrade the Dublin to Westport rail service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25088/05] - Road Safety
Question 793: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether motorcycles and scooters, due to their profile being motorised and few in number, cannot possibly block or clutter bus lanes... - Road Network
Question 796: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason the main contractor for the Dublin Port tunnel has asked for €444 million of taxpayers' money to finish the project; and if he will... - Driving Tests
Question 797: To ask the Minister for Transport when the next recruitment campaign will take place for driving test examiners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25301/05] - Road Safety
Question 798: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will receive a deputation from an association (details supplied) to discuss a serious road safety matter; and if he will make a statement on... - Driving Tests
Question 799: To ask the Minister for Transport if steps will be taken with the Office of Public Works to ensure that a property (details supplied) in County Mayo is developed immediately in... - Light Rail Project
Question 800: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that he is discussing with the Railway Procurement Agency plans for the extension of the Luas line through Tallaght west to... - Rail Services
Question 802: To ask the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann has submitted a revised business plan for the Kildare route project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25517/05] - Regional Airports
Question 803: To ask the Minister for Transport when a decision will be made on an application to his Department for a marketing, security and training grant by Galway Airport, Carnmore, Galway;... - Road Safety
Question 804: To ask the Minister for Transport if the assessment of the case for banning supersize trucks has been completed; if he has set a deadline for his decision on this issue; and the... - Legislative Programme
Question 807: To ask the Minister for Transport the regulations, including statutory instrument references, arising from section 4 of the Road Transport Act 1932. [25691/05] - Rail Services
Question 808: To ask the Minister for Transport the money allocated in his Department's 2005 Estimates for integrated ticketing; the discussions his Department has had with the RPA following the... - Public Transport
Question 809: To ask the Minister for Transport further to sections 11 and 15 of the Road Transport Act 1932, the number of licence applications and renewals refused in the past five years; the... - Road Safety
Question 812: To ask the Minister for Transport the preparations his Department is making for the introduction of automatic emergency call technology (details supplied) in 2009; and if he will... - Public Transport
Question 813: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of notifications he received from Bus Éireann to set up new or extended bus services in each of the past five years; and his... - Driving Licences
Question 815: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the dangers of having persons driving without a valid driving licence, consideration has been given to implementing a system for... - Driving Tests
Question 817: To ask the Minister for Transport the total number of driving tests carried out at the test centres in Tuam and Roscommon for the months of June, July and August 2005; the number... - Road Safety
Question 819: To ask the Minister for Transport the arrangements for the investigation of fatal road accidents where road construction or surface standards were a possible contributory factor; if... - Road Network
Question 820: To ask the Minister for Transport the guidelines and regulations, currently in existence or proposed, governing roadworks in respect of temporary and permanent road resurfacing; the... - Rail Network
Question 822: To ask the Minister for Transport if the proposals from Iarnród Éireann to electrify the Maynooth suburban rail line and to provide a new train station at Spencer Dock, which will... - Road Network
Question 823: To ask the Minister for Transport if shadow tolling on the M50 will be introduced (details supplied). [25910/05] - Public Transport
Question 825: To ask the Minister for Transport the money received in each of the past five years for new bus licences and for bus licence renewals; and the number of licences this represents in... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 826: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason his Department has spent €160 million less in the first six months in 2005 than in the same period in 2004; the projects where the... - Rail Network
Question 827: To ask the Minister for Transport if a second railway station will be provided on the northern side of Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25959/05]
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