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Question· writtenPQ 689asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
689. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding from the capital sports grant will be allocated to a school (details provided) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56663/12]
Question· writtenPQ 688asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
688. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to take the issuing of driving licences from the local authorities; if so, the proposed location of the central issuing office of new licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56615/12]
Question· writtenPQ 687asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
687. Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of funding to the Olympic Council of Ireland for each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 by podium level, world class level, international level and junior development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56576/12]
Question· writtenPQ 686asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
686. Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of Irish Sports Council Funding for each of the Olympic cycle years of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 by sport; national governing body administration funding; high performance programme funding by sport; the carding scheme totals for each sport; list of athletes and the total amount each received under the carding scheme each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56575/12]
Question· writtenPQ 685asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
685. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to a report in a Sunday newspaper that Coras Iompair Eireann has sold the freehold interest in several properties in Spencer Dock in Dublin city centre for a reported €20m, if he will confirm that a sale has taken place; if he will confirm the detail of what has been sold and the sale price; the marketing and pre-sales activity undertaken by CIE to ensure the maximum price was achieved for the properties; and if he will confirm if the National Asset Management Agency was one of the unsuccessful bidders for the properties. [56558/12]
Question· writtenPQ 684asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
684. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the formations of the EU Councils of Ministers on which he sits; the number of meetings of that Council held from 9 March 2011 to date in 2012; the number of those meetings he attended; the number attended by a Minister of State; the number attended by an Irish official; and if he will provide the names of those who attended in tabular form. [56555/12]
Question· writtenPQ 683asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
683. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention been drawn to the request by Dublin City Council for the €300,000 allocation from the sports capital programme under the allocations to local projects scheme that was to kickstart the long promised development of club facilities for clubs (details supplied) in Dublin 12; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council were prepared to contribute €600,000 to these projects provided that the €300,000 was secured his Department; if he will confirm that the €250,00 held by his department in abeyance pending the accumulation of sufficient resources to kickstart these projects in Pearse Park is secure and ready for drawing down at some future date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56537/12]
Question· writtenPQ 682asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
682. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the proposed Taxi Bill. [56470/12]
Question· writtenPQ 681asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
681. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be a further call for applications for sports capital funding in the foreseeable future, and if so; when this may happen. [56432/12]
Question· writtenPQ 680asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
680. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any specific aspect of sport or of club governance which should be made clear in every application for sports grant funding. [56431/12]
Question· writtenPQ 679asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
679. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the parameters that were used to allocate sports capital grants in 2012. [56430/12]
Question· writtenPQ 678asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
678. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if she will consider the mandatory inclusion of defibrillator equipment in all secondary schools and sports club facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56409/12]
Question· writtenPQ 677asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
677. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the track and infrastructure alterations proposed at the railway station in Carrick-on-Suir County Tipperary and the timescales involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56349/12]
Question· writtenPQ 676asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
676. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any concerns have been conveyed to him in relation to non-payment, underpayment or late payment for work done on projects funded by his Department since his appointment in March 2011. [56346/12]
Question· writtenPQ 675asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
675. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request all airline companies to maintain competitive value for money air fares in 2013 in order to ensure that the maximum number of our diaspora visit the country and ensure that the Gathering is a success; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56307/12]
Question· writtenPQ 674asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
674. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the search and rescue contract is up for renewal; and the savings he intends to make on this. [54709/12]
Question· writtenPQ 673asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
673. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a football club (details supplied) in County Galway were not successful in their recent application for a sports capital grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56280/12]
Question· writtenPQ 672asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
672. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a football club (details supplied) in County Galway was not successful in its recent application for a sports capital grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56279/12]
Question· writtenPQ 671asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
671. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of funding available to the National Transport Authority in each of the past seven years to date; the basis on which such funds were spent; the locations; the extent to which the advice of the local authorities was sought prior to expenditure; if the advice of such local authorities was taken into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56230/12]
Question· writtenPQ 614asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
614. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide by year for 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012, the cost of the motorised transport grant if the recommendations of the Ombudsman's report of 22 November 2012 were to have been adopted. [56466/12]
Question· writtenPQ 611asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
611. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the annual cost and number of recipients of the motorised transport grant in each of 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012. [56463/12]
Question· writtenPQ 596asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
596. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health when a primary medical certificate and or a motorised transport grant will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56239/12]
Question· writtenPQ 491asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
491. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda patrol vehicles available to An Garda Síochána in each district of the division of Tipperary; the number of vehicles that were available to these districts in 2010 and 2011 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56940/12]
Question· writtenPQ 249asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
249. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has not been facilitated with school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56793/12]
Question· writtenPQ 196asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
196. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance if he has sought permission from the EU Commission to introduce an essential users rebate for road haulage operators; the case he has put forward to have haulage operators classed as essential users while excluding passenger transport operators from this classification; if the Commission has not already been notified, if he will consider seeking permission to have passenger transport operators included in the scheme in view of the fact that in addition to excise duty, passenger transport is subject to 23% VAT on fuel which is non refundable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56997/12]
Question· writtenPQ 195asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
195. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Finance in view of his various replies to both written and oral parliamentary questions regarding the granting of an essential users excise rebate to road hauliers, where he stated I should point out that a fuel rebate system, as sought by the IRHA, could not under EU law be restricted to Irish licensed hauliers but would have to be extended to all vehicles intended exclusively for the carriage of goods by road with a maximum permissible gross laden weight of not less than 7.5 tonnes, in addition, the rebate would have to include the carriage of passengers by a motor vehicle of category M2 or category M3 as defined in Council Directive 70/156/EEC, the reason he confined the granting of the rebate to licensed road hauliers in Budget 2013 and excluded passenger transport operators from the scheme in view of his statements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56996/12]
Question· writtenPQ 162asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
162. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance if the new proposed diesel rebate scheme will apply to the marine transport sector and the bus and coach sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56614/12]
Record· debate2012-12-13published
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2012
Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Question· writtenPQ 193asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2012
193. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the €17 billion Capital Programme for 2012 - 2013; the funds that have been spent in this respect thus far; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56040/12]
Question· writtenPQ 23asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2012
23. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress he is making on the resumption of the live export trade to the Middle East and North Africa, Libya, Lebanon, Egypt; the position regarding veterinary certificates for live cattle to these markets; the availability and certification of boats suitable for transport to these markets; when he expects exports to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55974/12]
Question· writtenPQ 261asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2012
261. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if temporary promotions or acting-up allowances have not been a feature of the staffing arrangements for this EU Presidency, if he will confirm that his Department has been given sanction to make such arrangements detailing the number by grade involved, and the date sanction was sought and the date it was given. [56305/12]
Question· writtenPQ 260asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2012
260. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details and arrangements applying to all Bus Éireann wheelchair accessible routes within and serving County Cavan and County Monaghan; the details of any other wheelchair accessible public or private transport service operating in or to and from these counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55904/12]
Question· writtenPQ 259asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2012
259. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare could be considered for an exemption from M50 tolls due to medical reasons without adaptations to their car or an exemption from motor tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55815/12]
Question· writtenPQ 258asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2012
258. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus and Luas carried in the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; if his Department measures similar transport usage by private sector companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55799/12]
Question· writtenPQ 257asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2012
257. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if construction works on the N28 Ringaskiddy to Cork, N60 Castlebar to Claremorris and the N6 Galway city outer bypass is likely to commence in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55798/12]
Question· writtenPQ 256asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2012
256. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if EU funding was allocated to purchase the additional buses for Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann; if so, the amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55797/12]
Question· writtenPQ 255asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2012
255. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the last performance review of Iarnród Éireann was undertaken; when the last review of mileage charge differentiation was undertaken to determine fairness and equality among bus users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55754/12]
Question· writtenPQ 254asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2012
254. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the last performance review of Dublin Bus was undertaken; when the last review of mileage charge differentiation was undertaken to determine fairness and equality among bus users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55753/12]
Question· writtenPQ 253asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2012
253. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the last performance review of Bus Éireann was undertaken; when the last review of mileage charge differentiation was undertaken to determine fairness and equality among bus users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55752/12]
Question· writtenPQ 252asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2012
252. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason SPSV's registered prior to January 2009 or their registered number is under 45,000 are permitted to use a vehicle up to 15 years old while SPSV's registered after that date or are numbered above 45,000 are only permitted to use a vehicle of up to ten years old; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55744/12]
Question· writtenPQ 251asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2012
251. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend hackney regulations to ensure the owner of an SPSV licence will only be permitted to use that licence on a vehicle registered to the same name; if his attention been drawn to the fact that many hackneys in rural Ireland operate under licences that are rented from previous operators as no new licences are available to purchase; if he will consider allowing hackney operators to purchase the licences they operate under from the owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55740/12]
Question· writtenPQ 152asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2012
152. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a permanent Garda vehicle will be restored to a Garda station (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55756/12]
Question· writtenPQ 556asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
556. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a proper bus stop will be provided in Farranfoe, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55633/12]
Question· writtenPQ 555asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
555. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations and supports available to new entrants to the taxi/hackney business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55621/12]
Question· writtenPQ 554asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
554. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Exchequer estimates for 2012 as detailed in the Comprehensive Expenditure Report 2012 - 2014 originally allocated €1,231 billion for capital spending this year by his Department but end of November 2012 Exchequer returns now suggest that the annual capital allocation for 2012 is €961 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55600/12]
Question· writtenPQ 553asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
553. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that funding will be made available as a matter of urgency to the National Transport Authority to carry out works (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55591/12]
Question· writtenPQ 552asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
552. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of applications under the 2012 sports capital programme deemed invalid for County Galway; the grounds for ineligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55579/12]
Question· writtenPQ 551asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
551. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the time frame for the roll out of the Dublin bike scheme in the Dublin 11 and Dublin 9 areas and the details of the scheme in those areas. [55566/12]
Question· writtenPQ 550asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
550. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the list of locations for which funding was supplied from his Department by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55538/12]
Question· writtenPQ 549asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
549. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in the motorway maintenance and renewals contract put out to tender by the National Roads Authority in April 2012; when the successful companies will be announced; the number of companies that will be given contracts under the tender; if successful companies employ sub contractors to carry out works; if companies erect tolls on roads they are maintaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55529/12]