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601 records in IE in 2007
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
284 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Transport his views on introducing on to his Department’s website an interactive rules of the road section. [26552/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
283 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Transport if he had discussions or meetings with the former executive chairman of the Shannon Airport Authority regarding the decision of Aer Lingus to cease the Shannon-Heathrow service; the details of such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26484/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
282 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Transport if his attention was drawn by the Department of the Taoiseach’s media monitoring unit or his own Department's media unit to the decision of Aer Lingus; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26462/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
281 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Transport if the Freedom of Information Act 1997 will be extended to cover the Dublin Airport Authority, Shannon Airport Authority and Cork Airport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26381/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
280 Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Transport the reason his Department did not inform the Shannon Airport Authority as a statutory body formed under the State Airports Act 2004 of the Aer Lingus intention to end the Shannon-Heathrow route when they informed the Dublin Airport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26380/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
279 Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport the allocation per kilometre for each local authority for non-national roads for each of the past five years. [26379/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
278 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if he will designate and identify the R352 road from Tulla, County Clare to Whitegate, County Clare to be a strategic route as it is the main arterial route through east Clare which provides access to Lough Derg; if he will allocate funding to upgrade the remaining section of the R352; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26361/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
277 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has received complaints detailing breaches of the legally required ratio of passengers to crewmen on board ferries sailing between the mainland and the islands in the past twelve months; if so, the number of complaints received in this time period; the way they were investigated; the penalties that were imposed on those found guilty of breaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26351/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
276 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Transport the legally required ratio of passengers to crew on ferries sailing between the mainland and the islands. [26349/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
275 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport the statistics for the years 2001 to 2006 for the number of driving licences issued for class A, B, C, D and E; and the number of provisional driving licences for cars only differentiating between first-time provisional driving licences and second or subsequent provisional driving licences. [26345/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
274 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport the recent assessment he has carried out into the length of delays at airports here as a result of changes to security measures introduced in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26340/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
273 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport the annual cost and termination year of each public private partnership and private finance initiative contract with his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26339/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
272 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport if it is his intention to make the maximum permitted blood alcohol content 0.5 mg/ml in all Member States as per the European Commission recommendation of 17 January 2001 on the maximum permitted blood alcohol content for drivers of motorised vehicles and subsequent declarations made during EU level meetings of road safety experts by the Governments of Ireland and Luxembourg that they intend to join the countries which already have this 0.5 mg/ml limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26297/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
271 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the number of new buses it is planned to provide to Bus Éireann for services in Cork City and county in the next twelve months as part of Transport 21. [26236/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
270 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Transport if, in view of the positive benefits of cycling in terms of gridlock and CO2 emissions, he will lobby to have the purchase of bicycles and electric pedlec bicycles included in the tax saver commuter scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26208/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
269 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport the reason a licence has not been granted for Dublin Bus to operate the proposed 141 bus route from Swords to Dublin city centre via Santry, Whitehall and Drumcondra; the further reason the new Swords express service and the proposed Dublin Bus 141 route cannot both receive a licence as they have proposed significantly different routes; when he will reform the bus licensing legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26203/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
268 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the upgrade of a bridge (details supplied) in County Donegal which is posing a serious hazard to the safety of motorists and pedestrians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26154/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
267 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to undertake a review on the use of global positioning in-vehicle information systems; his views on all safety aspects of human-machine interface aspects of satellite navigation and other route guidance systems for drivers and hence for other road users; if the guidance offered by such systems is designed in order to avoid inappropriate routing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26052/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
266 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport the number of security alerts there have been at each commercial airport here in each of the past 10 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26050/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
265 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport the estimate he has made of the change in cost to the passenger of public transport in real terms in each year since 1997, broken down by mode of transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26048/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
264 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport his most recent estimate of the number of vehicles without motor insurance on the road here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26047/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
263 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport the estimate his Department has made of the survival chances of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle travelling at speeds (details supplied) in view of the existing research findings by other EU transport departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26045/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
262 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 18 October 2007, the reason that his Department was able to provide a subsidy to Lough Swilly Bus Company to provide a public bus service to the people of north Donegal and Derry City in the 1980s and subsequently removed this subsidy; and the reason his Department has not intervened to ensure that the people of north Donegal have the same level of public transport as elsewhere in the State. [26034/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
261 Deputy Michael Kennedy asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the 41X bus route; the date the private bus operator was granted a bus licence by his Department; the date the private service will operate its service from; if Dublin Bus will be given priority in order for it to run the 41X through the Dublin Port tunnel; and the date he expects to grant a licence to Dublin Bus. [26001/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
260 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to upgrade the Bridgend-Buncrana road to a national primary road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25996/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
259 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport the number and distribution of park and ride facilities in the Dublin metropolitan area and in neighbouring counties; the number and distribution of such facilities to be provided in these areas under Transport 21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25961/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
258 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Transport if the media monitoring staff working in his Department received any queries regarding Aer Lingus during the month of June 2007 and from whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26398/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
257 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Transport if his Department’s media monitoring unit brought press reports relating to the establishment of a hub by Aer Lingus in Belfast to his attention; the response taken in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26586/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
256 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the status of the Malin Head and Valentia coast guard radio stations and the plans for their future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26004/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
165 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on extending the tax saver scheme in Budget 2008 to include the purchase by employers of bicycles and electric bicycles for the transportation of their employees to work, especially in rural areas where public transport does not exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26483/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 October 2007
148 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to extend the tax saver scheme in Budget 2008 to include the purchase by employers of bicycles and electric bicycles for the transportation of their employees to work, especially in rural areas where public transport does not exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26482/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2007
134 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the operation of the school transport system in the catchment area of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason there are not enough places available for all students who need them on the school transport scheme in this catchment area; if Bus Éireann or the VEC are in charge of seat allocation for the school transport scheme in this catchment area; the reason students in this recognised catchment area whose siblings have been allocated tickets are being denied tickets for the school transport scheme; if she has plans to review the boundaries of the catchment areas for the school transport scheme in view of significant population changes and development over the past thirty years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25843/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2007
133 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Science if there are plans to provide State funding for tuition and transport costs for children diagnosed with autism who have to attend private pre-school for children with autism because they cannot access a place on a publicly funded pre-school course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25835/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2007
88 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport the timescale for the delivery of Metro North; the difficulties that have been encountered by the Railway Procurement Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25863/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2007
40 Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the importance to tourism of transport access from the country’s major airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25643/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2007
258 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the role the Gardaí had in designating a location (details supplied) in Dublin 1 as a bus terminus; if they considered the security concerns of residents and pedestrians obscured from public view by parked buses along a badly lit park area; and if the Gardaí will review this matter in view of local concerns. [25733/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2007
225 Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve school transport for all of the children in the Goresbridge area of County Kilkenny whose parents were given assurances by her Department that no child would be disadvantaged by the closure of a school (details supplied) and allow their parents the choice to educate their children in various schools in Kilkenny by providing additional school transport to accommodate the pupils concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25525/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2007
195 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Transport the nature of the contact his Department had both formal and informal with the Dublin Airport Authority regarding the proposed Aer Lingus hub at Belfast; the level of such contact and dates of same; if meetings took place the attendees, agenda and outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25744/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2007
194 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Transport the nature of the contact his Department had both formal and informal with Aer Lingus regarding the proposed withdrawal of the Shannon Heathrow service; the level of such contact and dates of same; if meetings took place, the attendees, agenda and outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25743/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2007
193 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Transport the nature of the contact his Department had both formal and informal with Aer Lingus regarding the proposed Aer Lingus hub at Belfast; the level of such contact and dates of same; if meetings took place, the attendees, agenda and outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25742/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2007
192 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Transport the details regarding his initial briefings from civil servants when he was appointed; the dates such meetings took place; the agenda and the list of those present; and ifhe will make a statement on the matter. [25741/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2007
191 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport the dates on which a document (details supplied) was completed; when it was presented to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25735/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2007
190 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport the dates on which he held meetings with a person (details supplied); the agenda for each meeting and the topics discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25734/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2007
189 Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to protect Shannon Airport's transatlantic business following the recent decision by Aer Lingus to end the Shannon Heathrow service. [25728/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2007
188 Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Transport if the recent completion of the EU/US Open Skies agreement will mean a reduction in direct US services from Shannon Airport; if there is a reduction in the number of US direct services for the winter period October 2007 to March 2008 compared to the winter period from October 2006 to March 2007; if he expects a reduction in the number of scheduled US direct services through Shannon Airport for the summer of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25699/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2007
187 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Transport if proper barriers will be erected on the M1 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25695/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2007
186 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport the procedure whereby Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann and the private bus sector acquire permission to park buses on the public street; the way an area (details supplied) in Dublin 1 has become a bus depot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25561/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2007
185 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be made available for a road (details supplied) in County Mayo; if so, the amount of funding that will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25543/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2007
184 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport the extent to which motor insurance costs here compare with those within the European Union and within the Eurozone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25775/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2007
183 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Transport when he first became aware of the decision of Aer Lingus to end the Shannon Heathrow service; the person who informed him of this fact; the actions he took including contacts, meetings and formal or informal discussions with Aer Lingus employees or Aer Lingus board or former board members, civil servants, employees of State or semi State companies, public representatives or others; if meetings took place ,the dates of such meetings and with whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25737/07]