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Question· writtenPQ 29asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
91 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Transport the initiatives he has taken to promote the increased use of renewable energy in the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 28asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
163 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the details of his negotiations with representatives of Dublin Bus drivers on the further opening of the bus market to private operators; the number of meetings that have been held; the outstanding issues to be agreed; and when the negotiations will be finalised.
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Question· writtenPQ 27asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
148 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if he has completed his review of the work done within his Department on the restructuring of CIE; if a decision has been reached on the restructuring of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 26asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
144 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Transport the target date for the establishment of a national public transport commission; and his decision in respect of the arrangements that will apply to the greater Dublin area.
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Question· writtenPQ 25asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
131 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Transport if he has altered from the position that 25% of the Dublin Bus market would be opened up to competition; if so, if media reports indicating that the level of the market to be opened up to competition will be significantly lower than the earlier figure are correct; the market percentage which will be opened up; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 24asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
123 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Transport if he remains committed to the break up of CIE into three separate entities; if so, when this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 23asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
117 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Transport the status of the Transport (Companies) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 22asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
107 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Transport when he will complete his consideration of proposals to establish an independent authority to procure public transport services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 21asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
106 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Transport the progress made in establishing an independent authority to procure public transport; the nature and functions of this authority; when the enabling legislation for such an authority will be published; when the authority will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 20asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
90 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport his latest proposals in respect of reform of the regulatory framework for bus licensing; and when he will bring forward legislation in this regard.
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Question· writtenPQ 19asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
89 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport the progress in producing a new rules of the road booklet; and the reason for the continued delay.
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Question· writtenPQ 18asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
103 Mr. McEntee asked the Minister for Transport the person by whom and the areas in which the reported €8.5 million for integrated ticketing was spent; the number of years during which this amount was spent; the reason the budgetary allocation for integrated ticketing for 2005 has been reduced from €15 million to €7.5 million; if the integrated ticketing on the Luas, Dublin Bus and Irish Rail will be fully operational in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 17asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
88 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the revised timeframe for the full introduction of integrated ticketing; and his estimate of the full cost to the State of the project in 2002 monetary value.
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Question· writtenPQ 16asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
152 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Transport the date on which his Department issued the signage specifications for speed limits outside schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 15asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
87 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Transport when he issued design specifications for speed limit signs outside schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 14asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
86 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the transition period he envisages for Shannon Airport maintaining its stopover arrangement following the introduction of any open skies agreement between the EU and the US.
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Question· oralPQ 13asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
85 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Transport if the recruitment process under way for new driver testers will fill all vacancies in the driver testing service; if he will increase the number of driver testers once these vacancies are filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 12asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
84 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport the extent to which he has examined the cause or causes of the various fatal traffic accidents that have occurred over the past 12 months; if he will address the issue in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 11asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
83 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport the reason for his failure to fund additional buses for Dublin Bus as promised under the national development plan; and his proposals for addressing the significant unmet demand for extra bus capacity in many parts of Dublin.
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Question· oralPQ 10asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
82 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered the impact of projected population changes within the greater Dublin area and its implication for his Department’s ten-year transport plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 9asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
81 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport when he will publish the ten-year transport investment plan for the country; and if contractual commitments on the major public transport projects within the plan are expected to be agreed within the lifetime of this Dáil.
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Question· oralPQ 8asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
80 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport his proposals for management of the estimated 7,000 additional heavy goods vehicles which will be obliged to use the Westlink toll bridge following the opening of the Dublin Port tunnel, in view of the existing serious congestion on the M50 and the long delays at the toll bridge; the policy directions he has given to the National Roads Authority in respect of its most recent negotiations with NTR as provided for under Section 41 of the Roads Act 1993; if he has given direction on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 7asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
79 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he has received the business plans from three State airports to date; if not, if he views the immediate completion of such plans as a priority; his views on whether the airports cannot adequately respond to future demands and adapt to changes within the aviation industry in the absence of such plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 657asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
737 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 734 of 28 June 2005, if she will report on the circumstances surrounding the accident and the steps being taken to ensure such an incident is not repeated; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 638asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
715 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if school bus transport will be provided for first year pupils attending a school (details supplied) in County Limerick as a result of the discussions between officials of her Department and the parents committee of the school on 7 October 2005; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the parents are seeking no new concession merely the maintenance of the status quo which has prevailed since the mid 1990s; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 628asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
707 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason Bus Éireann refused to issue bus tickets for children returning from a school (details supplied).
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Question· writtenPQ 618asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
697 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science if the provision of school transport for gaelscoileanna with their unique status and services will be more flexible than those of regular English speaking schools.
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Question· writtenPQ 614asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
696 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to ensure that all pupils of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 in need of public transport will be catered for.
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Question· writtenPQ 613asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
693 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science the support she will provide to parents of children attending a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 in order that the Department of Transport provide sufficient funding for the full provision of school bus transport.
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Question· writtenPQ 511asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
591 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Transport his views on the growth in the backlog of persons waiting to sit the driving test by 12,000 since February 2005; the efforts he is making to reduce this backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 510asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
590 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Transport the waiting time and number of applicants on the waiting list and the number of testers in respect of each driving test centre in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 509asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
589 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Transport the amount paid to a consultancy company (details supplied) in respect of each year since 2000; the details of each of the contracts and services provided; the nature of the controls applied in the procurement process or processes; if he is satisfied that value for money has been achieved in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 508asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
588 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Transport the amount paid to a consultancy company (details supplied) in respect of each year since 2000; the details of each of the contracts and services provided; the nature of the controls applied in the procurement process or processes; if he is satisfied that value for money has been achieved in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 507asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
587 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff in each general service and Department grade in his Department who have been exempt for a period in excess of six months from attending meetings, dealing with correspondence, dealing with telephone queries, home or foreign travel, using computers or other duties by virtue of a medical certificate; if such long-term exemptions from normal duties are fair to other staff who must pick up the extra work; if they provide the taxpayer with good value for money; if such exemptions or certificates have been reviewed by the chief medical officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 506asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
586 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the number of personal digital assistants provided to staff in his Department; the cost of same; the cost of the most expensive personal digital assistant purchased to date; the grades to which these devices are issued; if personal digital assistants are issued as a matter of course or are subject to preparation of a business case which is subsequently scrutinised; if so, by whom the final decision on allocation of personal digital assistants is made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 505asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
585 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the amount spent by his Department on briefcases; the amount refunded to staff in his Department in respect of purchases of briefcases; the number of staff who have received briefcases; the number of staff who have received refunds for briefcases they purchased; the largest single amount paid or refunded in respect of one briefcase; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 504asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
584 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the proportion of his Department’s training budget that is spent on refunds to staff in respect of night-time or weekend study courses; the list of all courses funded by his Department in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 503asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
583 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff who applied for a refund of course fees in respect of courses undertaken at night or evenings; the value of refunds expected to be made by his Department in 2005; the number of staff to whom approval to attend a course was granted in the last academic year but did not subsequently apply for the refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 502asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
582 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff in his Department to whom leave of absence, or any other absence from normal duties or place of work, in excess of two months was granted for educational purposes in any year since 2002; the nature of the educational course undertaken in each case; if there are terms or conditions relating to academic achievement attached to the granting of such leave; if personnel who were granted such leave failed to complete their courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 501asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
581 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Transport if the personnel files of staff in his Department have been copied or given to external parties; if so, the safeguards which have been put in place to ensure that no personal data on any member of staff in his Department will be released to third parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 500asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
580 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the amount of compensatory leave granted or due to be granted to staff in his Department; the individuals to whom they were granted in respect of additional attendance at work before or after normal hours of attendance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 499asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
579 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the ex gratia payments made to staff in his Department’s press office in respect of persons being on call and their additional attendance at work before or after normal hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 498asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
578 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the rates of overtime or additional allowances payable to staff who work in his Department’s press office in respect of persons being on call and their additional attendance at work before or after normal hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 497asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
577 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport his views on the suggestion made by a person (details supplied) that he introduce legislation to allow for the painting of lines on the outside of the outside lane on dual carriageways and motorways to signify the breaking distance in dry weather to a car in front at the relevant speed limit so that motorists have a visual reference point for breaking distances and as an effort to curtail tailgating; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 496asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
576 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the number of applicants on the waiting list for driving tests at the Naas, Carlow and Portlaoise test centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 495asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
575 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport the plans that Iarnród Éireann has to extend the car parking facilities at Athy station, Athy, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 494asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
574 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the results of the rural transport initiative operating in south Kildare; the number of passengers using the facility since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 493asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
573 Mr. Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the legal height for lorries and articulated trucks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 492asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
572 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Transport if he has received any proposals from the board of Waterford regional airport to extend the runway at the airport; and if, in the event of such a proposal being received, he will include the cost of the extension in his Department’s capital budget for 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 491asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
571 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Transport the waiting time, from the date of application to date of testing, on 30 September 2005 at each test centre; and if he will provide the equivalent information for the same date in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
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