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Question· writtenPQ 639asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
658 Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will list and provide details of all of the available funding streams for community-based tourism initiatives supported by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 638asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
657 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their applicable pay scale grade; the number of his existing and parliamentary staff employed prior to the February 2011 elections but awarded salary increases following the election that exceed their applicable pay scale grade; and if he will provide their annual salary details in a tabular format.
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Question· writtenPQ 637asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
656 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for works (details supplied) in County Limerick; if funding is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 636asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
655 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the intra-urban road link Objective T2.12 linking the junction of Burton Street-Pearse Road to the junction of Mail Coach Road-Connolly Street, as contained in the Sligo and environs development plan, has yet to be implemented; if he has received any submissions from Sligo Borough Council seeking funding to purchase the strip of land still in private ownership which the borough council requires to enable the link road to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 635asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
654 Deputy Liam Twomey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of positions on State boards and agencies under his aegis which he has advertised in the past seven months; the number of applications received; the number of applicants subsequently appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 634asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
653 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate a matter (details supplied) regarding the Road Safety Authority
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Question· writtenPQ 633asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
652 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm his position not to impose a road toll on the Ennis bypass section of the M18; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 632asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
651 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding road improvement works (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 631asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
650 Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for local tourism forums to conduct research to help their local tourism industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 630asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
649 Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Croke Park agreement projects that each State agency under his aegis are progressing; if he will list each project by Department in tabular form; the amount to be saved by each project; the number that have been completed since the agreement came into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 629asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
648 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the opening of Hansfield train station, Dublin; and when construction of the required link road will commence.
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Question· writtenPQ 628asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
647 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on plans to refurbish and extend Dunmanway swimming pool, County Cork; when the project will be complete; the current stage of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 627asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
646 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his commitment to the N2 A5 project will be discussed at the forthcoming plenary meeting of the North South Ministerial Council.
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Question· writtenPQ 626asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
645 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will grant emergency funding for maintenance of local authority road network in County Kerry, which have deteriorated due to the high volume of rain in the past few weeks.
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Question· writtenPQ 625asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
644 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a grant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 615asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
633 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health in view of the fact that there are to be 972 car parking spaces allocated to the proposed national paediatric hospital at the Mater site in Dublin, whether he expects this to be enough to accommodate approximately 6,000 persons, including staff, patients and visitors, who will use the hospital every day; and if he will bear in mind that parents transporting tertiary level patients are mostly unable to use public transport.
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Question· writtenPQ 591asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
610 Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal against the refusal of a motorised transport grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if the processing of the application will be expedited.
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Question· writtenPQ 484asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
503 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a recent High Court decision in regard to a marine transport company (details supplied) indicates that the system of harbour dues enforced since 2003 will have to be urgently reviewed and brought before Dáil Éireann through legislation or ministerial regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 432asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
451 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles that are attached to each Garda station in the Longford-Westmeath district; and the number of Garda vehicles that were attached to these stations in 2009 and 2010.
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Question· writtenPQ 189asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
203 Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Education and Skills when deciding on the distance involved in the non-adjacent grant for third level students, if the distance of 45 km is solely decided as the shortest distance between the student’s address and the college or is the actual journey travelled by the student as a result of using public transport is taken into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 160asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011
174 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms that have been put in place by him to monitor the attendance and support the progress of Traveller pupils in the education system at primary and post-primary level since the abolition of the visiting teacher service for Travellers, the removal of resource teachers for Travellers posts in schools and reduced transport services.
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Law· Public2011/31enacted
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 November 2011
Act to make provisions relating to the occupation of road haulage operator and the occupation of road passenger transport operator, to amend section 1 of the Road Transport Act 1999 and section 2 of the Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006 and to provide for related matters
Question· writtenPQ 203asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2011
204 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is support available for a community-based initiative (details supplied); if national lottery funding which was previously available through the sports capital programme is an option; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 202asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2011
203 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an individual or company that acts as an agent or representative is exempt from the obligation of having a road haulage licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 201asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2011
202 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reopen the DART stations around Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, which were closed following recent flooding; and his plans to ensure that this problem does not reoccur.
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Question· writtenPQ 200asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2011
201 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nature of any contacts, he has had with the National Roads Authority or with Kildare County Council on to the proposed southern distributor road for Athy, County Kildare; if meetings are planned or foreseen on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 197asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2011
198 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment for a motor transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 204asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
206 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects to be in a position to respond to various sporting and recreational groups for funding under the major and minor capital requirements programme; the total amount available under such headings in the current year; the extent to which commitments entered into in previous years is likely to absorb such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 203asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
205 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is expected that necessary funding will be provided for the provision of a swimming pool at Leixlip, County Kildare, with particular reference to the population expansion in the area and the recreational need accruing therefrom; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 202asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
204 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which he has engaged with the various sporting authorities with a view to utilisation of the leisure sector in the context of national economic recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 201asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
203 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has examined the potential for expansion in the tourism sector in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 200asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
200 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has had discussions with stakeholders in the transport sector with a view to identifying any issues needing attention or resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 199asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
199 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which infrastructure investment is likely to take place in respect of roads, rail or other transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 198asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
198 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which comparisons have been made between airport charges here and those applicable in competing jurisdictions; the degree to which any such issues can be addressed with a view to ensuring the competitiveness of the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 197asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
197 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has identified costs affecting the transport sector here as compared to such costs in competing jurisdictions; the actions needed to address any such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 196asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
196 Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or Irish Rail will be conducting an investigation into the way the scaffolding and associated refurbishment works on the railway bridge over the Dodder River near Lansdowne Road, Dublin, contributed to the flooding of nearby homes due to the collection of tree branches and other debris on the overhanging structure not ordinarily in place there (details supplied), resulting in river waters accumulating and breaching the flood walls along the river bank; the contribution that will be made to rectify the financial damage visited on the local residents due to the presence of these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 195asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
195 Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown on a county basis of the number of road deaths that have occurred on roads here for the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 194asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
194 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who applied for their driving test between 4 January and 1 November 2011; the number of persons who took their driving test between 4 January and 1 November 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 193asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
193 Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the yearly increase in visitor numbers to Ireland this year over last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 143asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
142 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the squad car in Sneem, County Kerry, which was crashed recently, will be put back on the road as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 80asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
78 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a situation (details supplied) regarding school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 53asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
51 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he will contribute to the maximisation of the potential of the Irish language and cultural tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 52asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
50 Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the rural transport network will be included as an integral part of the local integrated transport services; his views on the ten-point action plan proposed by the RTN; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 50asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
48 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to put in place incentives for car pooling and other measures to reduce congestion on our roads.
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Question· writtenPQ 49asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
45 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to carry out a review of road signage and its effectiveness in informing drivers of dangers in areas throughout the State which experience higher than average road traffic accidents.
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Question· writtenPQ 48asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
44 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the recent report from the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation entitled New Directions for Tourism in the West, the efforts he has made and will make to ensure a viable tourism industry in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 47asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
43 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts he has made to ensure a viable and sustainable bed and breakfast sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 46asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
42 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with the National Asset Management Agency or with other Departments on the impact that NAMA has on the hotel industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 45asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
41 Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Assembly to find a long-term strategic solution to ensure the continuation of the ferry service on Lough Foyle; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 44asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2011
40 Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request that local authorities carry out a review of speed limits on all national primary and secondary roads.
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