Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Question 341: To ask the Minister for Transport further to his recent announcement that his Department is in discussion with an international open access freight operator, the measures which have been put in place to allow the issue of operators licences and for the allocation track access in a fair and unbiased manner. [34923/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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My Department, in accordance with Directive 2001/13 on the licensing of railways and Directive 2001/14 on the allocation of infrastructure capacity and safety certification has introduced the following measures: S.I. 537 of 2003 European Communities (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations, 2003, to provide for an operator to obtain a licence; S.I. 643 of 2004 entitled European Communities (Allocation of Railway Infrastructure Capacity and the levying of Charges for the use of Railway Infrastructure and Safety Certification) Regulations, 2004, which provides for the allocation and charging for track access.

My Department has received a communication from an operator confirming its intention to establish itself in the international freight market in Ireland, in accordance with Directive 2004/51/EC. Officials in my Department have been in contact with the operator concerned.