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Question· writtenPQ 285asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
323 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that the average pass-failure rate in the driving test is the same for those tested by contract testers as for those tested by the permanent testers.
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Question· writtenPQ 284asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
322 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving testers who are employed in his Department; the number who are full-time; the number who are on contract; the length of time those on contract have been so; and if it is his intention to recruit further contract testers.
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Question· writtenPQ 283asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
321 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for Transport if he will increase parking fines for illegal parking in disabled parking spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 282asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
341 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Transport the status of registered driving instructors under the new provisions of the Driving Testing and Standards Authority; if the instructors will have to sit an additional test; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 281asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
324 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Transport if it is envisaged that the status of registered driving instructors included in the driving instructor register of Ireland, which has been in operation since 1996, will continue to be recognised by the driver testing and standards authority as it was previously by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government; the position regarding persons of RDI status within the proposed Driver Testing and Standards Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 280asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
320 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the driving instructor register of Ireland; the progress to date that has been made on the co-funded register; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 279asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
319 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for Transport his proposals to extend the disabled person’s parking card scheme to the families of persons with intellectual disability whose children or adult dependants have mobility problems or whose behaviour is such that it is impossible for them to use public transport or walk for any distances; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 278asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
318 Mr. J. Breen asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be called for a driving test.
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Question· writtenPQ 277asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
317 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Transport his plans to review the regulations governing school buses; if he will review the 3:2 ratio on school buses; his views on the level of overcrowding on post-primary buses; if he has reviewed this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 205asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
244 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will reconsider the decision to close the marine rescue co-ordination centre in Dublin; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the British Commons Select Committee on Transport recently blamed continuing high marine casualty death rates on the closure of three UK marine rescue co-ordination centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 151asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
191 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Finance the tax concessions for persons who have mobility difficulties; the exact concession available under the motorised transport scheme; the persons that might qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 20asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 November 2004
614 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the number of cash transport escorts provided by the Defence Forces in the past 12 months; the costs involved and the degree to which the Exchequer was reimbursed by the financial institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 157asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2004
213 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Transport if a survey or study of road accidents involving heavy vehicles, trucks and so on will be commissioned by him, in view of the very high incidence of fatalities in road accidents involving lorries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 156asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2004
212 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the way in which Dublin Bus deal with regular commuter complaints regarding its bus service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 155asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2004
211 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the amount spent by the Railway Procurement Agency to date in developing a metro for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 154asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2004
210 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the amount paid out for the taxi hardship scheme; and the costs to administer same.
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Question· writtenPQ 153asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2004
209 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if the taxi hardship scheme is closed for applications.
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Question· writtenPQ 152asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2004
208 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Transport if the Government allows persons to undergo a driving test without taxing his vehicle; and if a directive in this regard has been sent out by his Department.
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Question· writtenPQ 71asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2004
110 Ms Lynch asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific areas in regard to the policy and legislation on the availability and cost of motor insurance that it is proposed to transfer to the Department of Transport; when it is expected that this transfer will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 159asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2004
212 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding which has been allocated to the RAPID scheme from his Department’s budget since the commencement of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 158asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2004
211 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the details of all subsidies received by State public transport providers, specifically Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus; the details of the average cost per journey resulting from these subsidies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 157asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2004
210 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Transport if he intends recruiting driving testers; the number of testers he intends employing and the period of employment; the qualifications he will require of applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 137asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2004
184 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of meetings he has had with the Minister for Transport about the call by the national tourism strategy group in regard to the fast turnaround facilities at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 289asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
351 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has received requests from educational interests to carry out a review of the school transport catchment areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 285asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
347 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 2 November 2004, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many of the children involved live more than two miles from an existing pick-up point; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that most of the children concerned live within the catchment area of a school (details supplied); the reason some of the children are outside of the catchment area; the catchment area they are within; the number of children in each case; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that a publicly funded bus service collected children from their homes at similar locations some years ago when there was a similar demand; if the catchment areas have changed since then; the reason she has rejected this application despite recommendations in favour from the local VEC and Bus Éireann; the cost to her Department of providing this service to the pupils concerned; if she will reconsider this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 208asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
265 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Transport the proposals he has to improve the Maynooth-Clonsilla rail line; if his attention has been drawn to the extreme overcrowding on the line; the plans he has for more services, longer trains and improvements to Connolly Station to facilitate trains from Clonsilla; and when these will come about.
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Question· writtenPQ 207asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
264 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the inadequacies of the Bus Éireann transport service between Letterkenny and Dublin particularly to the fact that the service does not avail of the M1 motorway and that there is no dedicated stop for Dublin Airport; if CIE will consider the feasibility of addressing these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 206asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
263 Ms Cooper-Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if he has received legal advice on the issue of retention of civil servant status for driving testers who will transfer to the Driver Testing and Standards Authority (details supplied).
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Question· writtenPQ 205asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
262 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 28 October 2004, if the airport development plan prepared by his Department for Dublin Airport on 11 March 1968 indicated that each of the proposed parallel runways would be 11,500 feet in length; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 204asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
261 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if a green belt for 2.5 miles around the airport was designated by the then Department of Industry and Commerce at Dublin Airport in or around the 1940s; if this green belt still exists; if it has been revoked; if so, the means by which such revocation took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 203asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
260 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if SI 92 of 1977 still exists; if such statutory instrument was revoked by him; if so, the date of revocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 202asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
259 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 25 May 2004, if it was his Department or Aer Rianta that was responsible for initially giving the incorrect co-ordinates of the western threshold of proposed runway 10/28 to ERM; if he will confirm both the incorrect and amended co-ordinates as depicted respectively on the draft ERM report of June 2003 and the final version of the said report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 201asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
256 Mr. Aylward asked the Minister for Transport the progress to date on the provision of driving test centres for heavy goods vehicles in line with the EU directive governing such tests; and if Kilkenny will be one of the locations selected for such tests.
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Question· writtenPQ 200asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
255 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport if he will give consideration to requests to allow motorcyclists use dedicated bus lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 199asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
254 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for Transport the reason penalty points cannot be endorsed on the entry in licence records from the date of payment of charge.
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Question· writtenPQ 198asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
253 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport his plans in relation to the oral part of the driving test; if he intends to abolish it to free up time for the new technical part of the test; and if so, the details of the research he has based this decision upon.
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Question· writtenPQ 197asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
252 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport if he has plans to publish a circular for driver testers which would no longer require them to check for a valid tax disc before taking a driving test; if so, the reason such a basic fulfilment of the rules of the road should not be required of driving test applicants; his policy in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 196asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
258 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the number of the 276 additional buses promised to Dublin Bus over the lifetime of the NDP that have been delivered to date; the number that are now fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 195asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
257 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding under the NDP that has been allocated to Dublin Bus to purchase new buses in 2003 and in 2004; the number of new additional buses which were anticipated to be purchased from this allocation in both these years; the number of additional as opposed to replacement that have been purchased by the company in both these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 194asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
251 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding which has been allocated for the purchase of replacement buses for the Dublin Bus fleet since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 193asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
250 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding which has been allocated for the purchase of additional buses to expand and increase the Dublin Bus fleet since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 192asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
249 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Transport the situation in relation to insurance protection available to a person (details supplied); and if there is a fund from which this person can seek compensation.
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Question· writtenPQ 63asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2004
120 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has finished the preparation of regulations in respect of formal contracts with ferry operators providing services, which incorporate road transport links, to the islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 187asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2004
184 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of vehicles in use in the school bus transport fleet; the age of each of the buses in use; the amount spent on new vehicle purchases and vehicle upkeep for each year since 1999; the amount spent on vehicle rental for each year since 1999; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 181asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2004
178 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a serious shortfall in bus escort grants in schools for special need children; and her plans to alleviate this problem.
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Question· writtenPQ 161asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2004
156 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport if he will meet with the Mid-West Regional Authority as requested to discuss issues related to Shannon Airport; if he has investigated its assertion that Aer Lingus is in breach of the transatlantic charter regulations in its new Dublin to Florida route; the action he intends to take on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 160asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2004
158 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to concerns of driving instructors who are registered with the driving instructor register of Ireland that their qualifications may not be recognised by the proposed driver testing and standards authority; the position regarding the validity of the RDI status; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 159asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2004
157 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Transport the status of the driver instructor register; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 158asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2004
155 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Transport the validity of a registered driving instructor status, within the driver testing and standards authority, of a person (details attached) in County Westmeath; the position in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 157asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2004
154 Mr. McHugh asked the Minister for Transport if a rural transport service will be put in place to cover the north east Galway region to enable elderly persons with no transportation of their own to be provided with transport to local towns and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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