608 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide figures for the enforcement of regulations in respect of the compulsory fitting of speed limitation devices on buses over 10,000 kg and heavy goods vehicles over 12,000 kg, particularly the number of prosecutions for violations of these regulations recorded each year from 2003 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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517 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if the proposed new rail station in Dublin’s dockland will allow for interconnectivity between the existing fixed line rail service and the proposed Luas extension to the docklands; the distance between the new station and the terminus of the Luas line; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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513 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the additional measures which are being considered to secure the future use of Aer Lingus’s Heathrow Airport landing slots for flights servicing the Irish market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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516 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether it is entirely appropriate that the law should prohibit the use of an outer lane on the motorway for the purposes of passing out a slow moving vehicle by heavy goods vehicles and buses; and if he has responded to representations from the haulage industry in this regard.
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512 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport what is meant by the term “obstruction” under Article 33 of Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997, which prohibits a heavy goods vehicle, a bus or coach that accommodates more than eight passengers and any vehicle that is towing a trailer and so on in the outside lane; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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511 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he will publish the report received from UBS-AIB Capital Markets on the disposal of the State asset, Aer Lingus.
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510 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if a Cabinet decision has been made to use part of the proceeds of privatisation to shore up the pension fund in Aer Lingus.
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508 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if the Phoenix Park rail tunnel has been upgraded since 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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501 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the regulations which apply to the driving of coaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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496 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the mechanism by which funding for park and ride facilities in the GDA will be allocated in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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492 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 2 March 2006, the breakdown of the infringements of tachograph and vehicle checks as inspected by transport officers which occurred within and outside the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if the National Roads Authority will continue to compile the annual road traffic collision data; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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485 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce on the spot fines for tachograph offences; the way in which this will operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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482 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the procedure for ensuring that the licensing requirements of drivers of all categories of vehicles, who have acquired their licences outside of Ireland, are equivalent to Irish requirements; the way in which this is enforced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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481 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the driving licence requirements for the driving of coaches here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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337 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if he will arrange to have the mast on Stepaside Garda station removed as it is out of keeping with the surrounding village.
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225 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the means by which it is proposed to impose the full cost of dismantling, treating and recycling end-of-life vehicles on manufacturers as per the recently published draft waste management, end-of-life, vehicle regulations 2006.
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161 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will ensure the allocation of additional Garda mountain bikes to the parts of south Dublin where the population and area to be policed is expanding rapidly.
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139 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure agencies under his remit such as the National Roads Authority, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann are aware of and implement national policy on facilitating and promoting public transport and that where new roads require the relocation of bus stops, such stops are located to encourage increased public transport use, and to remind him that this is a policy issue for which he must take responsibility.
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80 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure that a school (details supplied) is not forced to close due to the withdrawal by the Health Service Executive of child centred subventions for occupational therapists and speech and language services.
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40 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action which can be taken to speed up the construction of water and sewerage schemes; if his Department can take a greater leading role on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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586 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of goods vehicles licensed for use on roads here in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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445 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of road accidents reported on the section of the N7, including fatalities, which encompasses the N7 Naas road widening scheme since the commencement of construction on this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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376 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if on-the-spot fines for illegal or non-compliant haulage operators has been implemented; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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375 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the work programme for 2006 of his Department’s road haulage division; the work carried out by this division in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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359 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the legal procedure on the surrender of a driving licence following disqualification from driving; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport when he intends to address the loophole which allows drivers with 12 penalty points to continue to drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport his position in relation to a proposal from one local authority to erect road signs in languages other than Irish or English; if this requires legislative amendment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself with the delay in the break-up of Aer Rianta; his views on whether this delay is hampering the development of the three State airports; if he will involve himself in the process to dispel the uncertainty with regard to the future financial position of these airports, particularly Cork and Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he remains confident that the penalty points system is working effectively; if he is confident that the system can cope with the addition of 31 extra offences on 1 April 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the criteria he used in assessing the contract for the Poolbeg incinerator which he signed in 2006; and the transport infrastructure he envisages to cope with the predicted extra 400 trucks per day travelling to and from the proposed facility.
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227 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of children attending each of the primary and secondary schools in Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 who do not have English as their first language.
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226 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science the percentage of children attending each of the primary and secondary schools in Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 who were born outside the State.
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225 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science the average waiting period for admission to each of the primary and secondary schools in Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8.
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224 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science the average annual cost of insurance incurred by both primary and secondary schools in the Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 areas; if she will provide a breakdown of these costs on a school basis; and the details of assistance provided by her Department in meeting such costs.
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223 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason there is no funding available for the building of drama or performing arts facilities in secondary schools.
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180 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if, in view of the need for early traffic reduction measures to coincide with the inevitable traffic disruption of Transport 21, he will seek special tax incentives, similar to the tax saver scheme, for users of van pools.
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175 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if it is his intention as reported to ban heavy goods vehicles including bus-coaches from the outside lane of motorways and to make them liable for penalty points or if this ban is to apply to passenger carrying vehicles.
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174 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the number of tachograph inspections or checks carried out by transport officers from his Department on heavy goods vehicles in 2003, 2004 and 2005; the number of such vehicles found to be in breach of the law in each year; the number of prosecutions which resulted in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if, in view of the need for early traffic reduction measures to coincide with the inevitable traffic disruption of Transport 21, he will provide special tax incentives, similar to the tax saver scheme, for users of van pools.
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121 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average annual cost for each of the nursing homes in Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8.
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120 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average waiting period for admission to each of the nursing homes in Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8.
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70 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of the additional €9 million she has made available to the Health Service Executive for cancer services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of the roll-out of a national cervical screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the position on the mandatory introduction of digital tachographs; the way in which this will be enforced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the redevelopment of the National Concert Hall; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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500 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of road safety officers employed nationally; if they are located in each local authority area; if each local authority area has a road safety strategy; the key components of the latter; the amount allocated to each local authority for road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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416 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of haulage drivers prosecuted for breaking road safety and road haulage regulations in 2004 and 2005; the breakdown of such offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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