Written answers
Wednesday, 19 October 2005
- Road Safety
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Transport when he issued design specifications for speed limit signs outside schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28997/05] - Public Transport
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the revised timeframe for the full introduction of integrated ticketing; and his estimate of the full cost to the State of... - Road Safety
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress in producing a new rules of the road booklet; and the reason for the continued delay. [29071/05] - Public Transport
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Transport his latest proposals in respect of reform of the regulatory framework for bus licensing; and when he will bring forward legislation in this regard.... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Transport the initiatives he has taken to promote the increased use of renewable energy in the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the... - Press Releases
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has instructed his staff not to provide Opposition spokespersons with all press releases when automatically issued by his Department; if not,... - Road Safety
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Transport if the target of a reduction of 25% in the number of fatalities on roads will be achieved by the end of the lifetime of the road safety strategy in... - Traffic Management
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent meeting of the Clare Street initiative; the recommendations arising from this meeting; the way in which his... - Road Safety
Question 95: 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... - Light Rail Project
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport when a decision will be made on the joining up of two existing Luas lines in Dublin city centre; the expected cost and time it will take to connect... - Driving Tests
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Transport his targets for the average waiting time for a driving test; and his target date for reaching same. [29082/05] - Rail Network
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the proposal to build a metro from Dublin's city centre to the airport; the reason the proposed legislation for a metro has been... - Traffic Management
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of A Platform for Change; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that several major planning applications continue to be made on... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount spent by his Department on capital projects to date; the details of these projects; the degree to which there has been an underspend on... - EU Directives
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the impact for Ireland of the recent EU directive in respect of the funding of regional airport services and its impact on... - State Airports
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received all the business plans from the three State airports; if not, if he has asked their authorities the reason for the delay; when... - Rail Network
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport when work on the upgrade of the main Kildare-Dublin rail line will commence and be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29490/05] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the underspend in his Department in the first three quarters of 2005; the subheads under which the underspend is occurring; and the... - Traffic Management
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals regarding the development of additional park and ride facilities in the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the... - Rail Network
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the McCann report on the western rail corridor; and if there has been progress on the implementation of any aspect of the report's... - Road Safety
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he has abandoned random breath testing as a key part of road safety policy. [29055/05] - Traffic Management
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to allow cars with three or more occupants to access bus lanes; the analysis he has carried out on this proposal; and if he will make a... - Road Safety
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals for changing the minimum legal tyre tread depth of 1.6mm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29062/05] - Air Services
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Transport if, further to negotiations ongoing at EU level and with the US on the implementation of an open skies policy, he will commission an impact study... - Road Safety
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received any of the three reports into the bus tragedy in County Meath in May 2005; if so, the action he will take on foot of such... - Road Network
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will bring forward legislation on open road tolling. [29065/05] - European Council Meetings
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of recent EU negotiations to develop an open skies policy between the US and the EU; his proposals regarding the stopover at Shannon;... - Semi-State Bodies
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress being made with regard to the partial sale of Aer Lingus; when such a sale will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Transport Investment Plan
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has completed feasibility studies for the estimated cost of the ten year national strategic transport plan; if his Department's... - Driving Tests
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Transport if the tendering process for the contracting of private sector driving testers is completed; when the successful tenderer will commence work; and... - EU Directives
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will transpose Directive 2002/15/EC and Directive 2002/85/EC into Irish law. [29074/05] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide the data on the national development plan roads and transport spending in the Border, midlands and western region with a... - Rail Services
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will commission a comprehensive study to ascertain the comparable overall costs to the State of rail freight [i]vis-À-vis[/i] road freight,... - Driving Tests
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his recent meetings with staff associations representing driving testers; the reason such meetings did not occur prior to the... - Road Traffic Offences
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Transport the date in October 2005 from which the promised new on-the-spot fines, the mandatory fitting of digital tachographs and the special discs for... - Public Transport
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the outcome of the Dublin Bus network review requested by him; the implications of this review in terms of the provision of... - Road Network
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that the underpayment by National Toll Roads to his Department, as highlighted in the recent Comptroller and Auditor... - Traffic Management
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the proposal from the National Pensions Reserve Fund to buy the Dublin Port tunnel and finance the building of the eastern bypass... - Road Traffic Offences
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport his target date for the full expansion of the penalty points system; and when he will be making legislative provision for this expansion. [29052/05] - Road Safety
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the fact that Ireland ranks seventh in the EU-15 on the basis of road deaths per 100,000 of population; his views on the fact that... - Road Traffic Offences
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date on reaching a bilateral agreement with the UK authorities on mutual recognition of penalty points. [29077/05] - EU Regulations
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in respect of the EU proposal for a centralised blacklist of EU airlines; the way in which he will reconcile the differences of... - Road Safety
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in the interests of road safety, he is satisfied that hedgerows on roads across Ireland are being sufficiently maintained to ensure that the... - Driving Tests
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Transport the waiting period for a driving test in each of the driving test centres; if the situation is improving; and if he will make a statement on the... - Taxi Regulations
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is practically impossible for a person in a wheelchair to have access to a wheelchair... - EU Directives
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of warning letters in each of the years since and including 2002 which he has received from the EU Commission in respect of his... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his plans to reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector. [22335/05] - Foreign Military Aircraft
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Transport if consideration will be given to amending the Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order 1952, in order to make it a legal requirement that... - Pension Provisions
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Transport further to his recent meeting with the Retired Aviation Staff Association in regard to the potential shortfall of over €336 million in the staff... - Road Safety
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to introduce a compulsory training scheme for motorbike users. [29067/05]
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