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Question· writtenPQ 112asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2011
112 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding in respect of a club (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 111asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2011
111 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding correspondence that was issued to him.
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Question· writtenPQ 110asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2011
110 Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe with regard to the publication of his Department’s revised ports policy document; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 109asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2011
109 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding State ownership of Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 108asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2011
108 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is his responsibility, and that of the Irish Aviation Authority, to measure the sound levels at a location (details supplied) in County Kilkenny.
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Question· writtenPQ 480asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
485 Deputy Tom Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the position in regard to the M20 and, in particular, the situation with regard to communications with relevant landowners in the area.
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Question· writtenPQ 479asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
484 Deputy Willie O’Dea asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the publication of the report regarding the crash of IAC PC9 aircraft (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 478asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
483 Deputy Paschal Donohoe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the possible funding for refurbishment works of a swimming pool (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 477asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
482 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the reason the electronic tolling facility at the M8 toll bridge at Watergrasshill, County Cork, does not register some electronic tags which work at every other toll bridge in the country; if he will instruct the operator of the toll bridge to rectify this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 476asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
481 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to his Department of a 2% increase in the standard rate of VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 475asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
480 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed date for the publication of the taxi review group findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 474asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
479 Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the increments made payable to public sector workers within his Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the increments due in 2012 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 473asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
478 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants and amounts paid by him to community and voluntary groups in Galway city and county to date in 2011; and if he will list the chairperson, secretary and treasurer of each group that were beneficiaries of same.
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Question· writtenPQ 380asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
373 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the cost to him of hiring a private ambulance to transport a patient from South Tipperary General Hospital to Waterford General Hospital for a day procedure; the reason it would be necessary to use a private ambulance; his views that this is not a good use of resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 292asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
297 Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda vehicles including vans allocated to each Garda district in the Dublin region; and if he will provide the same figures as of 31 December 2010.
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Question· writtenPQ 248asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
253 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that the Garda fleet is being systematically reduced as patrol cars reach the end of their life when cars with 300,000 km on the speedometer are withdrawn; if he will review this policy in the context of the current economic climate if it is deemed that the vehicle can continue service; if he will give this proposal serious consideration in view of the fact that we have so many stations that have no Garda vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 201asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2011
202 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress, if any, that has been made with the Northern Ireland and UK authorities regarding the problems of speeding and other activities in which penalty points should be applicable either north or south of the Border in order to minimise the risks of accident and death, especially along motorways; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 200asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2011
201 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the use of bus lanes by Ministers; his plans to alter this provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 199asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2011
200 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the reduction in student fares as a result of the recent introduction of an integrated ticketing system known as the Leap card (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 73asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2011
69 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total financial allocation for school transport for 2011; the allocation for the primary sector; the allocation for the second level sector; the total expenditure under the scheme up to the 15 November 2011; the likely expenditure for the full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 65asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2011
61 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 22 November 2011, if the matter will be reinvestigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 64asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2011
60 Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the contractual arrangement between him and Bus Éireann regarding the operation of the school transport scheme; the cost of this contract; when it is up for review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 30 November 2011
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Question· writtenPQ 237asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2011
238 Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to integrate school transport and non-emergency Health Service Executive transport with the rural transport network in an effort to reduce costs; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 236asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2011
237 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the closure of an athletics track (details supplied); if he has any plans to engage with all interested parties to help find a resolution to the issues associated with the closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 235asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2011
236 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided this year to enable Monaghan County Council to finish necessary improvement and safety work on the N2 Monaghan to Emyvale stretch, given that some of this work has been carried out, and in view of the urgent necessity to remove dangerous bends on the remainder of the road; if the funding as promised to Monaghan County Council will be approved without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 234asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2011
235 Deputy Michael P. Kitt asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish a calendar of events for the Titanic centenary next year; if he will name the locations for the commemoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 233asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2011
234 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider, in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, making resources available to provide salt bunkers for distribution by local authorities in order to allow residents in housing estates to store and access salt supplies for local roads and estates which are vulnerable to icy conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 232asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2011
233 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all websites under his remit; the annual cost of maintaining each website; the average number of hits per month on each site for the past year; whether these websites can be rationalised to bring about cost savings without compromising e-Government objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 231asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2011
232 Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to have a sound barrier constructed on the N3 near the areas of Littlepace, Swallowbrook and Bramblefield.
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Question· writtenPQ 230asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2011
231 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the report will be published on the review of the Coast Guard radio stations at Malin, Valentia and Dublin; if he will prioritise the continuation of the station at Valentia, County Kerry, for strategic purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 229asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2011
230 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding modified cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 228asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2011
229 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding hackney licences in respect of publicans who hold a full seven-day licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 31asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2011
122 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when Dáil Éireann may expect to see local government reform proposals including the devolving of control of transport, traffic, economic development, education, responses to crime and local health care needs to local communities.
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Question· writtenPQ 560asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
590 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid out annually from public funds for outsourcing to private contractors and the use of consultants and agencies for all Departments of the civil and public service and State agencies; a breakdown of these figures in tabular form on a Department/authority/agency basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 559asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
589 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will indicate the numbers, if any, of in or out of court settlements made by his Department directly or by bodies directly or indirectly under his aegis for whatever reason in the past ten years to date; the extent, if any, to which a confidentiality clause was attached in any such agreements; if known, the cost or likely cost to the Exchequer arising therefrom, and under what particular heading any such charge might have been applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 558asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
588 Deputy Paschal Donohoe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the appeals process for a private clamping operator (details supplied) in Dublin 6; his views on whether this private sector clamping operator, through failing to include a name or the reasons the appeal had been refused, is operating an inadequate and unfair appeals process; if he agrees that in a case in which a private resident has fully paid for a parking permit with this company in the area covered by the clamping operator, they should be successful in appealing an application for €100 for failing to display the adequate permit at the time of clamping; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 557asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
587 Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a regional breakdown of the recent tourism figures issued by the Central Statistics Office for January to September 2011.
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Question· writtenPQ 556asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
586 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Commission on Taxi Regulation will report.
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Question· writtenPQ 555asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
585 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review a case regarding the nine-year rule for taxis (details supplied).
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Question· writtenPQ 554asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
584 Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow motorcyclists to use bus lanes; if he has ever considered a similar proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 553asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
583 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the criminal investigation into alleged criminal practices at several national car test centres as uncovered on a television programme (details supplied) earlier this year; if he is satisfied that the issues which were uncovered in this programme have now been fully addressed; if so, if he is confident that such practices will not recur; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 552asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
582 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he expects the number of cars failing the national car test to grow over the coming years as a result of the increase in the number of older cars on our roads because of the economic downturn; if he will outline the payment structure of the contract between him and the provider of the NCT; if this contract is a fixed price contract or if it allows for the amount paid to the contractor by the State to be reduced to take account of higher levels of test failures and the increased fees which this would generate for the NCT provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 551asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
581 Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct Dublin Bus to have buses stop in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 550asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
580 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff employed within his Department expressed as whole time equivalents as returned to his Department for the end of 2008 to 2010, inclusive, and figures available for 2011, in tabular form.
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Question· writtenPQ 549asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
579 Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the arrangement he has with the company that operates the student travel card scheme which offers deals on transport and other products for students here; if his Department or any of the transport companies under his aegis receive a payment from the company that runs the scheme for the discount it is offering; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 548asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
578 Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a disabled parking permit was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 547asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
577 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a one-stop-shop restaurant enterprise support programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 546asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
576 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the Restaurants Association of Ireland’s proposal that all tourism and hospitality services should engage in customer training programmes throughout 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 545asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
575 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the year 2012 should be identified as the year of hospitality or “Bring back the smile” year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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