Written answers
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Air Safety
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if guidance will be provided on the use of aircraft detection lighting systems in the construction of wind turbines in the context of the... - Traffic Management
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been approved for traffic calming on Orerry Road, County Cork. [39543/20] - Rail Network
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a second feasibility study into the western rail corridor has been commissioned; if so, the purpose of commissioning a second study;... - Bus Éireann
166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 40 new VB buses received by Bus Éireann from the National Transport Authority... - Pension Provisions
167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the new hybrid Irish Aviation Authority, IAA, superannuation pension scheme is being operated without agreement and outside... - Driver Test
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a minibus driver test will be expedited for a person (details supplied) which has a waiting list of six months; and if he will make a... - Driver Licences
169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if arrangements will be in place for Irish residents to exchange their UK Northern Ireland driver licenses after the Brexit transition... - Driver Test
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct the RSA to provide information in relation to learner permit holders and driving test applications (details supplied);... - Electric Vehicles
171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the grants recently announced to enable taxi drivers to replace their vehicles with zero-emission vehicles will be made available;... - Departmental Reviews
172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the review of the sustainable mobility policy launched in November 2019 is expected to be published; and if he will make a statement... - Driver Test
173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if provision will be made to reduce the six-month waiting rule for provisional driver licence holders to sit a test for a full licence on... - Motor Tax
174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of motor home camper vans currently registered in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39827/20] - Tourism Data
175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of foreign registration motor home and camper van vehicles that visited Ireland for holidays and subsequently left the State... - Driver Test
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason no driver theory test appointments are available to be booked in the next ten months (details supplied). [39871/20] - Dublin Bus
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding he had requested in budget 2021 to improve Dublin Bus services. [39888/20] - Road Projects
178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received a submission from Galway County Council in relation to the bridges and causeways to the islands area of... - Covid-19 Tests
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated daily volume of demand for airport testing in Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports during December 2020; and if he will make a... - Airport Passenger Data
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers that arrived in Dublin, Cork and Shannon airport in each week from 1 November to 22 November 2020; and if he... - Taxi Regulations
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA is extending or will extend the 90-day time limit for getting a suitability test for taxi vehicles after passing a NCT while... - Electric Vehicles
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration he is giving to changing the qualifying criteria for electric AM category vehicle licences (details supplied); and if... - Road Projects
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, has received an application for a roadside barrier at a location (details supplied) in County... - Driver Test
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will accept the certificate of professional competence that was accredited in England as opposed to making drivers sit the same... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the large number of taxi drivers who are over 66 years of age and are not included in the measures to help taxi... - Road Safety Authority
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the name of a company used to develop essential driver training on behalf of the Road Safety Authority in 2009; the fees paid to the... - Road Projects
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Athy distributor route; the progress to date; his plans to bring this project to fruition; the target date for... - Appointments to State Boards
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any of the four newly appointed persons to the board of the Road Safety Authority were known to him before he appointed them; if so,... - Departmental Contracts
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of all consultancy firms, accountancy firms, legal firms, project management firms and information... - Brexit Issues
190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans for an exchange programme for holders of TM CPC UK certificates to EU or Irish certificates following Brexit; and if... - Driver Licences
191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driver licence will issue to a person (details supplied) requiring evidence of a valid driver licence for car insurance purposes;... - Brexit Negotiations
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the continued recognition of UK driver licences in Ireland post Brexit is included in current Brexit negotiations; and if he will make... - Pension Provisions
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if older defined benefit pension schemes operated by the Irish Aviation Authority require extra funding from air traffic control user... - Cycling Policy
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are new sponsors for the public bike scheme outside of Dublin. [40425/20] - Taxi Regulations
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the membership of the taxi advisory council; the number of vacancies at present; the method and expected timeline by which they will be... - Haulage Industry
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a UK haulage licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40449/20]
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