Written answers

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

 
  • Regulatory Compliance
    717. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that agricultural tractor and trailer combinations being used in the various commercial State port companies for the...
  • Road Maintenance
    718. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make funding available to surface a mile, in two different half mile sections, of the L7060 road in County Kerry; and if he...
  • Aviation Issues
    719. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the circumstances surrounding helicopter landings at Booterstown bird marsh, County Dublin, in recent years; the steps his Department has...
  • National Sports Campus Development Authority
    721. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding Abbotstown House, Dublin 15, which is in the ownership of the National Sports Council; if the house can be...
  • EU Funding
    722. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will update Dáil Éireann on his engagements with the European Commission in respect of the Tens T funding round; and if...
  • Road Improvement Schemes
    723. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will update Dáil Éireann on plans to upgrade the N14 road linking Letterkenny and Lifford/Strabane. [22212/13]
  • Tourism Industry Issues
    724. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has a specific set of indicators that can usefully benchmark Ireland's tourism competitiveness in relation to other...
  • Tourism Promotion
    725. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that our tourism marketing is rated as highly effective as reflected in WEF Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index...
  • Tourism Ireland Expenditure
    726. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of State funding his Department spends on research and development in tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Taxi Regulations
    727. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations pertaining to the provision and use of pedal rickshaws for hire; if there are different requirements for powered...
  • Road Projects Status
    728. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the details of the public private partnership deal with the National Roads Authority signed on his Department's behalf...
  • Road Projects Expenditure
    729. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of moneys spent on capital projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Haulage Industry Regulation
    730. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if agricultural tractor and trailer combinations in excess of 3.5 tonnes may be used for the general carriage of goods by road for hire...
  • Air Accident Investigations
    731. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Air Accident Investigation Unit in his Department will be reporting on the incident in County Wicklow on 13 July 2012 involving...
  • Tourism Ireland Funding (1 comment)
    732. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of the Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland budget for promoting English Language schools in Ireland for 2013; the way...
  • Integrated Ticketing
    734. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the introduction of a zoned system for LEAP cards in Dublin similar to the one used by Transport for London in the...
  • Public Transport Provision
    735. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost-benefit analysis, if any, that has been carried out by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department to assess the...
  • Sports Capital Programme Expenditure
    736. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans his Department has for introducing a sports capital grant in the near future; when the details will be made public; and if he...
  • Road Projects Status
    737. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date of the M17-M18 motorway from Gort to Tuam, County Galway; if he will indicate a starting time for the project;...
  • Road Projects Issues
    738. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the motorway from Gort to Tuam, which is due to go to construction shortly, under PPP will not be a toll road; and if he will make a...
  • Sports Funding
    739. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the special €1m sports capital fund announced recently for boxing clubs; the criteria that will be...
  • Road Improvement Schemes
    740. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will re consider an application which was made by Westmeath County Council under the national road safety scheme, funding for...
  • Driving Licence Issues
    741. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1390 of 16 April 2013, if he will clarify that the Directives 2006/126/EC and 2011/94/EU do not...
  • Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
    742. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the conditions on which National Lottery and or sports grants are issued; if there is any clawback conditions involved...
  • Fáilte Ireland Funding
    744. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects that Fáilte Ireland has funded in an area (details supplied) over the past three years; and if he will make a statement...
  • Drugs in Sport
    745. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken nationally and internationally to combat doping in sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22762/13]
  • Sporting Events
    746. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in relation to the possibility of Ireland bidding to host the Rugby World Cup in 2023 or 2027; and if he...
  • The Gathering Events
    747. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Gathering in the year 2013 to date, the plans going forward; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Planning Issues
    748. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he believes that the refusal of the National Roads Authority to engage in preplanning consultations with prospective applicants for...
  • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
    749. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of personnel in whole-time equivalent terms in his Department and in bodies under the aegis of his Department in each of the...
  • Rail Network
    750. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department has approached the European Investment Bank regarding the EIB's potential involvement in the national rail...
  • Taxi Regulations
    751. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action that the Dublin Airport Authority are taking to ensure that only taxis that are registered with the DAA are picking up...
  • Road Projects Issues
    752. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding for the A5 dual carriageway has been ring-fenced following the Northern Ireland High Court's decision to quash planning...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    756. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the individual amount of overtime paid in the case of each political/Ministerial appointee for the period 2007 to date in 2013 relative...
  • Road Safety Issues
    757. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take immediate action to direct the National Roads Authority and Kerry County Council to address and rectify the blackspot...
  • Cycling Facilities
    758. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made on establishing a bike rental scheme in Galway similar to the successful scheme in Dublin which is about to expand....
  • Sports Capital Programme Applications
    759. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has completed a review of the sports capital programme 2012; arising from this, the changes that he will bring into any future...

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