Aviation

174 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the regime operated by the Irish Aviation Authority in respect of the possible maximum number of hours to be worked by pilots in a 12 month period; the policy directions he has made under section 7 of the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993 relating to pilot hours; the direction he intends to issue to the Irish Aviation Authority on pilot hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6271/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 February 2006

174 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the regime operated by the Irish Aviation Authority in respect of the possible maximum number of hours to be worked by pilots in a 12 month period; the policy directions he has made under section 7 of the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993 relating to pilot hours; the direction he intends to issue to the Irish Aviation Authority on pilot hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6271/06]

173 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport his response to the suggestion that a confidential reporting system for pilots be introduced here to facilitate the reporting of unsafe practices by airlines; his plans to facilitate same by the introduction of whistleblower legislation in the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6270/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 February 2006

173 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport his response to the suggestion that a confidential reporting system for pilots be introduced here to facilitate the reporting of unsafe practices by airlines; his plans to facilitate same by the introduction of whistleblower legislation in the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6270/06]

233 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if all EU states have passed legislation to accept liability for so-called dirty bombs which detonate on their national territory; if not, which EU states have yet to do so and the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5921/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 February 2006

233 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if all EU states have passed legislation to accept liability for so-called dirty bombs which detonate on their national territory; if not, which EU states have yet to do so and the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5921/06]

High Threat Helicopter Flight Area Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2006

High Threat Helicopter Flight Area Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to designate an area at high risk for an attack by one or more terrorists as a high threat helicopter flight area. Directs the Secretary to provide screening of all passengers and property transported from a high threat flight helicopter area on a passenger helicopter equivalent to that provided for passengers and property carried aboard a domestic passenger aircraft. Requires the Secretary to develop a plan for acquiring and training personnel, including acquiring equipment, to provide such screening. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to take necessary action to ensure that: (1) no passenger helicopter flies in a high threat flight area, except on approach for landing, or departure after takeoff, in such area; (2) a passenger helicopter when flying in such area, to the maximum extent practicable, flies over water; and (3) a helicopter pilot when in flight over such area remains in contact with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding its flight path, irrespective of its altitude. Exempts from such requirement helicopters carrying out military, police, medical, or other operations as the Secretary of Transportation deems appropriate.

Federal Aviation Administration Fair Labor Management Dispute Resolution Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2006

Federal Aviation Administration Fair Labor Management Dispute Resolution Act of 2006 - Amends federal transportation law to revise certain federal aviation administration personnel management system requirements to prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from implementing any proposed change to the FAA personnel management system in cases where the services of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service do not lead to an agreement between the Administrator and FAA employees unless a bill is enacted into law by Congress that authorizes the change during the 60-day period beginning from the time Congress received the proposed change. (Current law does not require congressional action.) Requires the Administrator and FAA employee bargaining representatives to submit the proposed change to binding arbitration if Congress does not enact a bill into law within the 60-day period.

440 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the background, commencement date and overall nature of the arrangement between his Department and the owners of a company (details supplied) in County Dublin that permitted the development of this massive complex, all of which is both directly under the busiest aircraft flight path here and, most critically, within the red safety area of runway 10/28; his views on whether the facilitation of such activities over the years by his Department is totally at odds with both the various safety edicts issued and numerous objections raised to various other lesser developments in the vicinity of Dublin Airport by his Department, Aer Rianta and the Irish Aviation Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5395/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2006

440 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the background, commencement date and overall nature of the arrangement between his Department and the owners of a company (details supplied) in County Dublin that permitted the development of this massive complex, all of which is both directly under the busiest aircraft flight path here and, most critically, within the red safety area of runway 10/28; his views on whether the facilitation of such activities over the years by his Department is totally at odds with both the various safety edicts issued and numerous objections raised to various other lesser developments in the vicinity of Dublin Airport by his Department, Aer Rianta and the Irish Aviation Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5395/06]

431 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the safety standards at a company (details supplied) with regard to procedures, staffing arrangements and flights at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5005/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2006

431 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the safety standards at a company (details supplied) with regard to procedures, staffing arrangements and flights at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5005/06]

Commission Regulation (EC) No 240/2006 of 10 February 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 laying down measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security (Text with EEA relevance)

European Union · EUR-Lex · 10 February 2006

524 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence further to his confirmation by way of reply to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 13 December 2005 that the red safety areas at Casement Aerodrome are two dimensional ground areas; his views on whether precise International Civil Aviation Organisation standards relating to three dimensional obstacle surfaces around airports are set out in the ICAO’s annex 14; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3920/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 February 2006

524 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence further to his confirmation by way of reply to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 13 December 2005 that the red safety areas at Casement Aerodrome are two dimensional ground areas; his views on whether precise International Civil Aviation Organisation standards relating to three dimensional obstacle surfaces around airports are set out in the ICAO’s annex 14; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3920/06]

134 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will extend beyond the Chicago Convention regulations pertaining to non-commercial air traffic for code 1A aerodromes in congested areas such as is the case in the UK in view of the increased level of air traffic in this sector here and the need for further regulation to ensure public safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3716/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 February 2006

134 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will extend beyond the Chicago Convention regulations pertaining to non-commercial air traffic for code 1A aerodromes in congested areas such as is the case in the UK in view of the increased level of air traffic in this sector here and the need for further regulation to ensure public safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3716/06]

418 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that the Irish Aviation Authority has the resources to provide sufficient oversight of Irish airlines in view of the increased air traffic and of the planned future further increases, particularly in view of remarks by the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association regarding the eroding of safety margins. [2923/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2006

418 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that the Irish Aviation Authority has the resources to provide sufficient oversight of Irish airlines in view of the increased air traffic and of the planned future further increases, particularly in view of remarks by the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association regarding the eroding of safety margins. [2923/06]

415 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether it is preferred that housing areas for helicopters awaiting landing clearance should be over agricultural areas rather than over towns with large populations; and if the Irish Aviation Authority will be instructed to reverse its decision to house helicopters bringing spectators to the Ryder Cup over Maynooth town and instead house them over agricultural lands to the north and south of the town. [2789/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2006

415 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether it is preferred that housing areas for helicopters awaiting landing clearance should be over agricultural areas rather than over towns with large populations; and if the Irish Aviation Authority will be instructed to reverse its decision to house helicopters bringing spectators to the Ryder Cup over Maynooth town and instead house them over agricultural lands to the north and south of the town. [2789/06]

Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 2006

Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006 - Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require: (1) quarterly instead of semiannual filing of lobbying disclosures reports; (2) electronic filing; (3) maintenance of certain lobbying disclosure information in an electronic data base, available to the public free of charge over the Internet; (4) disclosure by registered lobbyists of all past executive and congressional employment; (5) disclosure of grassroots lobbying activities by paid lobbyists; (6) disclosure of registered lobbyists contributions and payments; and (7) an increased penalty for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements. Revises criteria, with regard to disclosure requirements, for determining a coalition or association of groups that retain a person to conduct lobbying or grassroots lobbying activities. Extends from one to two years the ban on lobbying contacts by former very senior executive personnel, former Members of Congress, and officers and employees of the legislative branch with any officer or employee of the entity in which such person served before his or her tenure terminated. Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to grant a current or former employee or officer assigned to an Indian tribe to perform services pursuant to self-governance contracts or compacts formerly performed by them for the United States to communicate with and appear before any department, agency, court, or commission on behalf of the Indian tribe with respect to any matter relating to the contract or compact. Requires public disclosure by Members of Congress of employment negotiations. Exempts from the restrictions on gifts to Members of Congress or Senators, officers, or employees the market value for a flight on an airplane not licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate for compensation or hire. Declares that such market value is the fair market value of a charter flight. Requires public disclosure of such flights. Declares that a gift to a covered executive branch official, or to an officer, employee, or Member of the House or of the Senate, of a ticket to a sporting or entertainment event shall be the face value of the ticket; and if there is no face value, then the highest cost of a ticket with a face value for the event. Prohibits a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House from accepting a gift of travel (including any transportation, lodging, and meals during such travel) from any private source. Calls for reviews and semiannual reports by the Comptroller General on activities carried out by the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate under the Act. Makes it out of order to consider specified appropriations measures if: (1) their accompanying reports or managers' joint explanatory statements contain any earmarks; or (2) a measure contains any earmark but does not name the requesting Member and the pertinent congressional district. Makes it out of order to consider a conference report until such report and its accompanying joint explanatory statement have been made available three days on the Internet to the general public. Sets forth: (1) prohibitions on the use of federal funds for political advocacy; (2) reporting disclosure requirements for grantees of such funds; (3) reporting requirements of such grantors; and (4) public disclosure requirements regarding the grants.

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to protect the integrity of the institution.

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 2006

Amends rule XXV (Limitations on Outside Earned Income and Acceptance of Gifts) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioners, officers, or employees of the House, before accepting payment of travel expenses, to obtain a written certification from the sponsoring organization or person: (1) stating that no registered lobbyist has been invited to participate in the transportation, lodging, or any associated meetings; and (2) disclaiming specified lobbying activities and connections. Amends rule IV (The Hall of the House) to deny floor privileges to any former Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, former Parliamentarian, former elected officer or former minority employee of the House, and to heads of departments and state governors, unless the individual signs a lobbying disclaimer each time he or she is admitted to such location. Amends rule XVIII (The Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union) to make it out of order to consider any reconciliation legislation which has the net effect of reducing the surplus or increasing the deficit compared to the most recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate for any fiscal year. Amends rule XX (Voting and Quorum Calls) to limit recorded electronic votes to 20 minutes, except that the time may be extended with the consent of both the majority and minority floor managers of the legislation involved or both the majority and minority leaders. Amends rule XXIII (Code of Official Conduct) to prohibit a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner from conditioning the inclusion of language to provide funding for a district-oriented earmark, a particular project which will be carried out in a Member's congressional district, or a limited tax benefit in any bill or joint resolution (or accompanying report) or in any conference report on such measure (or accompanying joint statement of managers) on any vote such individual casts. Requires a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to disclose in writing to the chairman and ranking member of the relevant committee certain information about any district-oriented earmark such individual advocates in any measure or accompanying report or managers' joint statement. Requires each committee to make such information available to the general public for any earmark included in any reported measure. Requires the Joint Committee on Taxation to review any revenue measure, reconciliation bill, or joint resolution for limited tax benefits, and identify them and their beneficiaries, including their sponsors. Amends rule XV (Business in Order on Special Days) to make it out of order to consider a resolution providing for adjournment sine die unless, during at least 20 weeks of the session, a quorum call or recorded vote was taken on at least four of the weekdays (excluding legal public holidays). Amends rule XIII (Calendars and Committee Reports) to make it out of order, with certain exceptions, for the House to consider a bill or joint resolution until 24 hours, or in the case of legislation containing a district-oriented earmark or limited tax benefit, until three days after copies of such measure (and any accompanying report) are available (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays when the House is not in session). Makes a motion to request or agree to a conference on a general appropriation bill in order only if the Senate expresses its disagreements with the House in the form of numbered amendments. Requires all provisions on which the two chambers disagree to be open to discussion at any meeting of a conference committee. Amends rule XXV (Limitation on Outside Earned Income and Acceptance of Gifts) to exempt from the restrictions on gifts to Members of Congress or Senators, officers, or employees of the House the market value for a flight taken in connection with official duties (charter flight fair market value) on an airplane not licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate for compensation or hire. Requires the individual to publish certain flight related information in the Congressional Record within 10 days of such a flight.

Federal Aviation Administration Fair Labor Management Dispute Resolution Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 26 January 2006

Federal Aviation Administration Fair Labor Management Dispute Resolution Act of 2006 - Amends federal transportation law to revise certain federal aviation administration personnel management system requirements to prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from implementing any proposed change to the FAA personnel management system in cases where the services of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service do not lead to an agreement between the Administrator and FAA employees unless a bill is enacted into law by Congress that authorizes the change during the 60-day period beginning from the time Congress received the proposed change. (Current law does not require congressional action.) Requires the Administrator and FAA employee bargaining representatives to submit the proposed change to binding arbitration if Congress does not enact a bill into law within the 60-day period.

Luftfahrtgesetz

Austria · National Council · 25 January 2006

900 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport the measures in place to ensure that people with disabilities are not prevented from travelling as passengers on commercial airlines to and from the State; the restriction that he is aware of in this regard; if he has had discussions with airlines and other interested bodies on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2454/06]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006

900 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport the measures in place to ensure that people with disabilities are not prevented from travelling as passengers on commercial airlines to and from the State; the restriction that he is aware of in this regard; if he has had discussions with airlines and other interested bodies on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2454/06]

838 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if, following the delay in the concluding of negotiations between the EU and US on a new aviation agreement, he will reconsider his decision not to commission an economic impact study for the Shannon area on the changeover to an open skies aviation policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40175/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2006

838 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if, following the delay in the concluding of negotiations between the EU and US on a new aviation agreement, he will reconsider his decision not to commission an economic impact study for the Shannon area on the changeover to an open skies aviation policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40175/05]

Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2006

United States · United States Congress · 20 January 2006

Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2006 - Extends from one to two years the ban on former senior and very senior executive personnel, former Members of Congress, and officers and employees of the legislative branch from making lobbying contacts with any officer or employee of the entity in which such person served before his or her tenure terminated. Eliminates floor privileges for a former Senator or Senator-elect who is a registered lobbyist. Requires public disclosure by Members of Congress and senior congressional staff of employment negotiations. Subjects to fines and penalties a Member of Congress or a congressional employee who wrongfully influences, on a partisan basis, an entity's employment decisions or practices. Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA) to require: (1) quarterly instead of semiannual filing of lobbying disclosures reports; (2) electronic filing; (3) disclosure of registered lobbyist contributions and payments; (4) disclosure of paid efforts to stimulate grassroots lobbying; (5) disclosure by registered lobbyists of all past executive and congressional employment; and (6) maintenance of certain lobbying disclosure information in an electronic data base, available to the public free of charge over the Internet. Amends the Standing Rules of the Senate to: (1) exclude gifts from lobbyists from the gift ban exceptions; and (2) prohibit privately funded travel by a Member, officer, or employee. Prohibits such individuals from accepting transportation or lodging on trips sponsored by non-profit organizations that are planned, organized, requested, arranged, or financed in whole or in part by a lobbyist or foreign agent, or in which a lobbyist participates. Requires a Member, officer, or employee of the Senate to disclose certain information regarding noncommercial air travel. Requires the Committee on Rules and Administration to develop and revise guidelines on reasonable expenses or expenditures for official government travel. Establishes the Senate Office of Public Integrity. Amends the LDA to increase the penalty for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements. Requires certification that congressional travel meets certain conditions. Establishes civil fines for false certifications. Establishes mandatory annual ethics training for congressional employees. Amends the Standing Rules to require: (1) actual voting in a conference committee meeting on the full text of the proposed conference report; and (2) availability of such report on the Internet for at least 24 hours before its consideration.

2004 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency

European Union · European Parliament · 19 January 2006

Protokoll zur Neufassung des Internationalen Übereinkommens über Zusammenarbeit zur Sicherung der Luftfahrt "EUROCONTROL"

Austria · National Council · 18 January 2006

Bericht des Verkehrsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (1261 d.B.): Protokoll zur Neufassung des Internationalen Übereinkommens vom 13. Dezember 1960 über Zusammenarbeit zur Sicherung der Luftfahrt "EUROCONTROL" entsprechend den verschiedenen vorgenommenen Änderungen samt Zusatzprotokoll und Schlussakte

Protokoll über den Beitritt der Europäischen Gemeinschaft zum Internationalen Übereinkommen über Zusammenarbeit zur Sicherung der Luftfahrt "EUROCONTROL"

Austria · National Council · 18 January 2006

Bericht des Verkehrsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (1260 d.B.): Protokoll über den Beitritt der Europäischen Gemeinschaft zum Internationalen Übereinkommen vom 13. Dezember 1960 über Zusammenarbeit zur Sicherung der Luftfahrt "EUROCONTROL" entsprechend den verschiedenen vorgenommenen Änderungen in der Neufassung des Protokolls vom 27. Juni 1997 samt Schlussakte

Donald T. Bliss, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

United States · United States Senate · 18 January 2006

"Sicherheit in der Zivilluftfahrt - Sicherheit auf Zivilflughäfen (EU-VO Nr. 2320/2002)"

Austria · National Council · 16 January 2006

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Inneres betreffend Sicherheit in der Zivilluftfahrt - Sicherheit auf Zivilflughäfen (EU-VO Nr. 2320/2002)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 65/2006 of 13 January 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 laying down measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security (Text with EEA relevance)

European Union · EUR-Lex · 13 January 2006