Records whose title is actually about this topic. Use a country filter if the list is still too broad.
Records
Question· writtenPQ 154asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2010
155 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dun Laoghaire Harbour Board is seeking a restructuring of the harbour company with substantial redundancies; if this is related to the Croke Park agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[46201/10]
Question· writtenPQ 153asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2010
154 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Transport if he has received representations in respect of a matter (details supplied); if, on foot of these representations he has contacted the National Roads Authority; if he will detail each such communication with the National Roads Authority and the response received; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[45987/10]
Question· writtenPQ 152asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2010
153 Deputy Paul Connaughton asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be made available over the next year to fund extension of the western rail corridor from Athenry to Tuam; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[45962/10]
Question· writtenPQ 151asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2010
152 Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[45940/10]
Question· writtenPQ 150asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2010
151 Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport the names, titles and duties of each of the advisers, press officers, assistants and secretaries appointed by him; the annual salaries in each case; the pension arrangements in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[45855/10]
Question· writtenPQ 149asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2010
150 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport his plans to enhance the rural transport option with particular reference to areas not covered by public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[46442/10]
Question· writtenPQ 109asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2010
109 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Transport the quantity of salt and grit held by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[45787/10]
Question· writtenPQ 123asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2010
125 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Transport the amount spent on legal fees by him in the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[45633/10]
Question· writtenPQ 122asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2010
124 Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Transport if he will give an assurance that there are adequate supplies of salt in stock to deal with a cold snap similar to the one experienced in early 2010.
[45563/10]
Question· writtenPQ 195asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2010
200 Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport in view of the commitment in the recently published four year plan to develop Ireland as an international construction services centre, if he will introduce legislation immediately to facilitate the National Roads Authority to compete and tender for international road building projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[45224/10]
Question· writtenPQ 194asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2010
199 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport the amount of money that was granted to each local authority in County Clare in response to the exceptional road related costs associated with repairing the damage sustained in late 2009, early 2010; the amount of this money that remains to be drawn down by each local authority in County Clare as at the end of November 2010 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[44950/10]
Question· writtenPQ 193asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2010
198 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the estimated energy use of his Department in the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the total cost of that energy use in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[44946/10]
Question· writtenPQ 192asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2010
197 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to regulate the use by commuter coaches of parking stands in residential and historic areas in Dublin city; his views on whether alternative measures are required to facilitate coach parking particularly from commuter coaches; his further views on whether such coaches should pay for the privilege of parking in the city centre or alternatively if they should be obliged to fund parking slots outside of the town centres in between collection and drop off; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[44731/10]
Question· writtenPQ 107asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2010
111 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if there has been a change in repayment arrangements for excise duty on fuel used in a vehicle for the transport of a disabled person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[44776/10]
Question· writtenPQ 95asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2010
100 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[45126/10]
Question· writtenPQ 49asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2010
48 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his targets in relation to electric transport in terms of private car ownership between 2010 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42700/10]
Question· writtenPQ 127asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2010
125 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport the extent of any over or under expenditure, capital or current, by Vote, heading or subheading to date in 2010 in tabular form; the reason for any surplus or shortfall; if expenditure to date in each case is in line with budgetary projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[44664/10]
Question· writtenPQ 126asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2010
124 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport the areas within his portfolio for which he has direct responsibility to the Dáil; the areas for which he has no responsibility to the Houses; the source of the funding provided overall; the person or body or agency responsible for providing such funds in respect of both; the person or group accountable and on what basis or circumstances; if he foresees any changes whereby all expenditure is accounted for by him in Dáil Éireann or elsewhere; if it is his intention to devolve more budgetary or policy responsibility to bodies under his aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[44645/10]
Question· writtenPQ 125asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2010
123 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on any moneys provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[44507/10]
Question· writtenPQ 69asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2010
67 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in relation to an appeal of a school bus transport application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[44516/10]
Question· writtenPQ 188asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2010
204 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Transport the role and action of the Railway Safety Advisory Council in the aftermath of the Malahide viaduct collapse; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[44086/10]
Question· writtenPQ 187asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2010
202 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the use of the Eurovignette Directive in other EU countries; the revenue that could be generated from the introduction of the Eurovignette; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[43740/10]
Question· writtenPQ 186asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2010
201 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding a planned building project (details supplied) in County Cork.
[43624/10]
Question· writtenPQ 125asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2010
140 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Finance the full cost to the Office of Public Works of providing a bus to carry OPW staff from Dublin Castle to the new OPW office in Trim since April 2010 to date; all costs associated with the four times daily trips to Trim; the number of buses used daily; the number of passengers carried; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[43987/10]
Question· writtenPQ 86asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2010
101 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of her inquiries in relation to the school transport situation for persons (details supplied) in County Mayo.
[43888/10]
Question· writtenPQ 84asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2010
99 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason school transport was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if she will expedite a response.
[43761/10]
Question· writtenPQ 114asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2010
107 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Transport the number of external reports and reviews commissioned by State agencies and boards under his remit in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if he will name each report and review; the spending on external reports and reviews in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[43513/10]
Question· writtenPQ 113asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 November 2010
106 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Transport the funding in place for the smarter travel programme and if this funding is national funding or European funding.
[43418/10]
Question· writtenPQ 126asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2010
159 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the amount of money that was spent by his Department and by the prison service on taxi transport for prisoners in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[43209/10]
Question· writtenPQ 113asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2010
143 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport if he has introduced regulations under section 3(4) of the Road Traffic Act 2006 to deal with a number of distracted driving issues including texting while driving; if he will confirm if it is currently an offence to drive while texting and if it is against the law to text when the phone is in a hands-free unit while driving; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[43213/10]
Question· writtenPQ 106asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2010
136 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that has been spent on taxi transport by her Department and by the Health Service Executive in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[43210/10]
Question· writtenPQ 184asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
220 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport if he will indicate, on a county basis, the number of accident blackspots at which five or more fatalities have occurred in the past 20 years.
[42986/10]
Question· writtenPQ 183asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
219 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport the extent to which the capital programme for his Department is likely to be used to generate economic activity with particular reference to the current climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42985/10]
Question· writtenPQ 182asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
218 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport the total number of drivers who currently have penalty points; the number of drivers who have had to re-sit driving tests arising from application of the maximum number of penalty points; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42984/10]
Question· writtenPQ 181asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
217 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport the total budget set aside for road safety in each of the past three years and to date in 2010; his intentions in this regard for 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42982/10]
Question· writtenPQ 180asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
216 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport the way the various charges applicable at the various airports throughout the country compare with each other and in comparison with neighbouring and EU jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42978/10]
Question· writtenPQ 179asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
215 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport the amount of money spent on the Limerick-Nenagh-Ballybrophy rail line on track renewal and improvements for each year over the past ten years; if a cost benefit analysis has been carried out in terms of the proposed closure of this critical line vis-à-vis the money that has been spent on improving the line over the past few years and in conjunction with an enhanced marketing campaign will clearly attract more passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42927/10]
Question· writtenPQ 178asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
214 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Transport the number of times the Railway Safety Advisory Council has met in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the role of the council in the aftermath of the Malahide viaduct collapse; the remuneration and expenses awarded to each board member in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42750/10]
Question· writtenPQ 177asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
213 Deputy Seán Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport if he will meet with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42519/10]
Question· writtenPQ 176asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
212 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the Dundalk retailers association regarding the pedestrian, parking and transport plans for the town centre, if he will ensure that the DRA is consulted regarding the plans prior to any final decision being made; the amount of money involved in the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42388/10]
Question· writtenPQ 175asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
211 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied the Road Safety Authority is taking all necessary action to address the ongoing problems with online booking and availability of test times in the national car test system; if he has received figures or updates from the Road Safety Authority in relation to the backlog of appointments or the average waiting times in different test centres across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42384/10]
Question· writtenPQ 174asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
210 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Transport the progress, if any, that has been made with the Northern Ireland and UK authorities regarding the problems of speeding and other activities where penalty points should be applicable either north or south of the Border so as to minimise the risks of accident and death especially along the motorways; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42827/10]
Question· writtenPQ 125asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
161 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of advanced paramedics deployed full-time in the north east Health Service Executive region and in each of the past three years; the location to which each advanced paramedic was deployed; the projected numbers of advanced paramedics to be deployed in this region for each of the next three years; the number of training places available for training to advanced paramedic level for applicants in the north east region; the frequency with which advanced paramedics are deployed to patient transport that brings them out of the region and for approximately how long on average each time; the level of cover in place in the region on such occasions; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[42422/10]
Question· writtenPQ 49asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
84 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Transport his plans for ensuring that Ireland has a world class national search and rescue transport system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42744/10]
Question· writtenPQ 48asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
82 Deputy Jan O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport his plans to implement the recommendations of the Commissioner for Aviation Regulation in his report in 2009 on reform of the licensing and bonding arrangements for travel agents and tour operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42721/10]
Question· writtenPQ 47asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
80 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Transport the proposals he has to reduce emissions from publicly owned cars, buses and trains; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42696/10]
Question· writtenPQ 46asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
79 Deputy Seán Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce legislation to regulate the private clamping industry similar to the existing legislation which regulates the private security industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42742/10]
Question· writtenPQ 45asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
78 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Transport the level of capital funds he plans to spend on transport projects in 2011; if he will outline his spending priorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42736/10]
Question· writtenPQ 44asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
76 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of seaports here; his plans for modernising the country’s seaports; if he is satisfied that there is sufficient shipping capacity for the medium to long term; if he is satisfied that all the seaports have management structures and financial resources to carry out their mandate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42741/10]
Question· writtenPQ 43asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2010
77 Deputy Tom Sheahan asked the Minister for Transport the reason his Department did not pursue the report PricewaterhouseCoopers research study into the financial and other implications of a proposed restructuring of the CIE companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[42689/10]