Written answers
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Licence Data
1344. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of disqualified drivers in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and the number of these drivers that have surrendered their... - Driver Licences
1345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanism in place to ensure disqualified drivers surrender their driving licence after they have been convicted; and if he will... - Transport Infrastructure Ireland
1346. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request TII to address the specific road issue at the N62 Templemore to Roscrea, County Tipperary (details supplied); and if... - Road Network
1347. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a once off tree topping grant for private landowners to safely top large trees on their property to protect... - Motor Tax Collection
1350. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he will not allow vehicles to be taxed monthly to help hard pressed families; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Road Network
1352. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to bring forward a scheme to cut all roadside trees above two metres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Motor Tax
1353. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to implement the European Commission proposal COM 2017/276 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Road Traffic Legislation
1354. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the regulations of rickshaws in regard to road traffic legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54373/17] - National Transport Authority
1355. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54320/17] - Greenways Development
1356. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the greenway in east County Cork; and if a design work is in place. [54322/17] - Sports Capital Programme Applications
1357. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54347/17] - Sports Capital Programme Data
1358. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of grant applications that were made to the sports capital programme under the 2017 allocation; the number of those... - Taxi Regulations
1359. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the regulations of rickshaws in regard to road traffic legislation; his views on serious criminal allegations made in a... - Rail Services Provision
1360. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to bring DART services to Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54382/17] - Swimming Pool Programme Expenditure
1361. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to public swimming pools in each of the years 2008 to 2017. [54389/17] - Fishing Industry
1363. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Marine Survey Office inspectors assigned to working in the fishing fleet; and the number of inspections of relevant... - Bus Éireann Services
1365. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 524 of 4 July 2017 and the referred reply to same received from Bus Éireann (details... - Coast Guard Services
1366. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Coast Guard helicopter call out figures for each search and rescue base in each of the years 2015 to 2017. [54633/17] - Drugs in Sport
1368. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions his Department has had with Sport Ireland in 2017 regarding the adequacy of its resources for anti-doping in sport; and... - Taxi Regulations
1369. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of local area hackney licences that have been issued in each county since the introduction of the scheme. [54636/17] - Sport Ireland Expenditure
1370. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of Exchequer funding that has been allocated to programmes devoted to the development of young golfing talent in each of the... - Public Transport Data
1371. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who have taken rail journeys from Plunkett Station, County Waterford, in each of the years 2010 to 2017. [54638/17] - Regional Airports
1372. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the subvention to Waterford regional airport in each of the years 2007 to 2017; the projected subvention in each of the years 2018 to... - Coast Guard Services
1373. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Coast Guard stations; and the number of these with running water, bathroom facilities and Internet facilities,... - Sports Capital Programme
1374. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is an appeal process available to clubs which made applications for 2017 capital sports grants that were unsuccessful; and if... - Rural Transport Programme
1375. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the scoring system used when tenders are being assessed for operators of the rural link service; the way in which the scoring process is... - Departmental Data
1379. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the name and number of organisations here that are in receipt of funding from his Department that have expended resources seeking the... - Mountain Rescue Service
1381. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the operational and capital grants paid to each mountain rescue team in 2017; the basis on which this allocation was made; his plans to... - Greenways Funding
1382. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount available in 2018 for the development of greenways; if funding will be available to purchase land for the development of such... - Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
1383. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when permission will be given to Transport Infrastructure Ireland to lodge a planning application with An Bord Pleanála for the... - Greenways Development
1384. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 543 of 28 November 2017, the date in 2018 for a new round of funding for the development of... - Road Tolls
1385. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 8 November 2017, his plans to review the situation regarding tolls in view of the fact that... - National Transport Authority Funding
1386. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Fingal County Council has received significantly less funding than other greater Dublin area local authorities under the... - Road Tolls
1387. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if claims by persons in counties Louth and Meath that have been reporting overcharging at the M1 and M1 slip tolls in Drogheda will be... - National Car Test
1388. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some insurers choose to ignore the NCT when considering a quote for an older vehicle... - Road Safety
1389. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the NTA and TII to prepare a report on the placing of rubber infills on sections of the new Luas line that would... - Emergency Services
1390. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow vehicles transporting blood to travel in bus lanes. [55060/17] - Greenways Provision
1391. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget provided to roll out the Galway to Clifden greenway project; the amount that has been drawn down and spent at year end 2017;... - Driver Test Centres
1395. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving test centres, by county. [55070/17] - Driver Test Waiting Lists
1396. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average waiting time in each county for driving tests. [55071/17] - Driver Test
1397. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for driving tests being processed, by county. [55072/17] - Sports Capital Programme Applications
1398. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the capital sport grant application of a club (details supplied) will be reviewed in view of the fact that its application complied... - Public Transport
1399. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current time for amendments to be made to bus routes by operators for approval by the NTA; and if he will make a statement on the... - Driver Test
1400. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce the waiting times for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55154/17] - Sports Capital Programme
1401. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital programme 2018 will be launched. [55169/17] - Transport Infrastructure Ireland Expenditure
1402. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied); if a meeting will be facilitated on the matter; if so, the date for same; and if he will... - Public Transport Fares
1403. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review Irish Rail train fair costs in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55191/17] - Roads Maintenance
1404. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address concerns that funding for the ordinary maintenance programme for 2018 for Louth County Council will be cut by 30%;... - Departmental Data
1405. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the vacant properties and land not in use, owned, rented or leased by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his... - Driver Test
1406. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the delays for driving tests in the Dublin city and county areas; his plans to reduce the waiting times in 2018; and if he will make a... - Sports Capital Programme
1407. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis on which it was decided to award one point for non GAA sports for ball stop netting while awarding two points for applications... - Sport Ireland
1409. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount, date and recipient of each of the youth field sports grants in each of the years an allocation was made since 2000. [55262/17] - Public Transport Provision
1410. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new extended LUAS trams on the green line and cross city line are to be introduced; the further measures his Department will... - Tourism Industry
1411. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to rectify an issue (details supplied) regarding advertisement on the Wild Atlantic Way; and if he will make a statement on... - Driver Test Waiting Lists
1412. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons on waiting lists for a driving test in County Tipperary for each category in each County Tipperary test centre, in... - Driver Test
1413. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting time persons in County Tipperary are expected to wait before a driving test date is issued for each category and in each... - Coast Guard Services
1415. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the termination of membership with the IRCG; and if he will make a statement on... - Transport Infrastructure Ireland
1416. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with TII to ensure that signage is placed on the M6 prior to exit six Moate informing motorists of the Moate Business... - Coast Guard Services
1417. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and location of designated sites across the country in which the coastguard helicopter can land in the hours of darkness; and... - Roads Maintenance
1418. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on regional and local roads in County Mayo in each of the years 2011 to 2017. [1104/18] - Public Transport
1421. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of restoring PSO subvention levels to those of 2008. [1259/18] - Pension Provisions
1422. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if changes have taken place from 1 January 2018 to the CIÉ pension schemes; if his approval was required for these changes; if this... - Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
1424. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process for an Irish citizen seeking to transfer an international class 1-5 licence to an Irish equivalent class licence; and if he... - Ministerial Correspondence
1426. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received correspondence sent to him by the chairperson of a group (details supplied); if the correspondence has been replied... - Traffic Management
1427. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to alleviate congestion on the M7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1307/18] - Driver Test Waiting Lists
1430. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the length of the waiting times for driving tests in County Laois; and the steps being taken by the RSA to shorten these times. [1336/18] - Public Transport Initiatives
1431. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or the National Transport Authority has plans to introduce free travel for transport workers across all public transport networks... - Driver Test Waiting Lists
1432. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce the waiting time for driving tests in County Laois; and the waiting times for tests at all centres throughout the... - Legislative Reviews
1433. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to outsource the consolidation of road traffic legislation to a law firm; the projected cost of outsourcing this work; the... - Road Safety Data
1436. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which data on cyclists' injuries is being collected and collated; the number of persons presenting to hospitals around the... - Traffic Management
1438. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to mitigate increasing traffic congestion on busy routes and arteries in each of the four Dublin counties;... - Public Transport Provision
1439. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when all public transport fleets and carriages will be fully accessible for persons with mobility issues; and if he will make a... - Legislative Reviews
1440. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects undertaken to consolidate or amalgamate existing legislation, including the cost, the duration, the number of staff... - Departmental Funding
1441. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the capital funding application for the Boyneside trail from the Maiden Tower at Mornington to Drogheda; and if he will... - Departmental Expenditure
1442. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that has been spent on maintenance for each motorway service stations (details supplied) since their construction by year and... - Road Safety
1445. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the speed limit review will take place in County Kerry; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Regional Road Network
1446. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made regarding the removal of overhanging trees to prevent further fatalities and serious injuries; and if he... - Road Safety
1447. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to initiate a programme to stop deer roaming roads to prevent further fatalities, serious injuries and damage to vehicles; and... - Road Improvement Schemes
1448. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to widen roadside margins and remove vegetation and roadside hedges to create a safe environment for... - Driver Licences
1449. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the process for replacing a lost or stolen driving licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Rail Services Provision
1450. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if TII or Irish Rail has responsibility for purchasing new train engines and carriages; the way in which the process of purchasing is... - Rail Services Data
1451. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new train engines and carriages purchased in the past five years; the amount of stock that provided new and-or extended... - Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
1453. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an appeal by an organisation (details supplied) will be approved in respect of the 2017 sports capital programme allocations; and if... - Public Transport Fares
1454. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for charging children over 16 years of age adult fares on public transport in some parts of the State while others in the... - Rural Transport Services
1455. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if every operational local link service will continue to operate in 2018. [1732/18] - Road Projects
1457. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the development of the M11 service station at Ballyellen, Gorey, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement... - Taxi Regulations
1459. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will place the regulation of rickshaws on a statutory footing. [1776/18] - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
1460. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions being considered in order to reduce greenhouse gasses; if companies will be allowed to reclaim VAT on petrol in addition to... - Departmental Staff Data
1461. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proportion of employees in his Department or in organisations under its remit registered disabled. [1865/18] - Bus Services
1462. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the provision of bus based park and ride facilities on the N4 and N7 under the BusConnects project; and if he will... - Public Transport Initiatives
1464. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review of the likely usage of Kishogue station has been undertaken by the NTA; if this station will be fully open and operational... - Taxi Regulations
1467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to licence and regulate the supply of rickshaws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1895/18] - Road Projects Status
1468. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the significance and importance of the proposed western distributor road, phase two, to the economic... - Sports Capital Programme Eligibility
1469. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a capital sports grant appeal by a club (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1938/18] - Ports Policy
1470. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 22 November 2017, if he met with the British transport secretary, Mr. Chris Grayling, in... - Electric Vehicles
1471. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of State vehicles which are electric or hybrid; the way in which this percentage compares with 2015 and 2016; and his... - Tourism Industry
1472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided by Fáilte Ireland in 2018 to institutes across the country conducting courses on tourism and... - Road Projects
1473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding for specific work at a location (details supplied). [1962/18] - Public Service Obligation Data
1474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of public service obligation subvention paid to each of the public transport companies in each of the years 2008 to 2011 in... - Cycling Facilities Funding
1475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on cycling infrastructure in each year since 2008. [2002/18] - Departmental Expenditure
1476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on pedestrian infrastructure in each year since 2008. [2003/18] - Departmental Communications
1477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department uses anti-profanity software on its email systems and online contact forms; if so, the level of human oversight that...
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