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Question· writtenPQ 264asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
309 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Transport the proportion of buses in the Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann fleets that run on alternative fuels or on hybrid engines; his plans to ensure that buses commissioned in the future rely on such technologies; the improvements that have been made in the fuel efficiency of the Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann fleets through replacement of older vehicles; and the future plans that exist in this area.
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Question· writtenPQ 263asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
308 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Transport the number of companies offering motor insurance operating in this State; and the amount of profit they have made per annum over the past five years.
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Question· writtenPQ 262asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
307 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Transport the works or measures that have taken place in 2007 to make his Departmental buildings more environmentally friendly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 261asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
306 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Transport if podcasts are available for download by members of the public on websites maintained by his Department and its agencies; if not, his plans to introduce podcasts as a communications tool; if so, the number of times a podcast has been downloaded to date in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 260asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
305 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Transport the number of press officers that are employed in his Department, employed in each agency reporting to his Department, were employed in his Department in 2002 and were employed in each agency reporting to his Department in 2002; and if he will provide the information in tabular readable form.
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Question· writtenPQ 259asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
304 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Transport the way his Department disposes of redundant information technology equipment; if he is satisfied that all stored information has been removed prior to disposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 258asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
303 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has held discussions with the Department of Finance with the view of assessing the removal of VAT on road safety products such as cycling helmets, high visibility clothing and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 257asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
302 Deputy Jan O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the progress made in the Government’s efforts to retain the Shannon/Heathrow route; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 256asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
301 Deputy Darragh O’Brien asked the Minister for Transport the progress of the outer orbital route; when he expects any proposed route to go on public display to accept submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 255asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
300 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Transport the opening hours for the public offices and telephone lines and if they close for lunch for each of the agencies and State bodies that are under the control of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 254asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
298 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Transport the official forms issued by his Department for use by the public and business which can be completed on-line; the forms which cannot; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 253asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
299 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Transport the opening hours of his Department’s public offices and public phone lines and if they close for lunch; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 252asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
297 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has carried out a study of opening hours of public offices under the control or remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 251asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
296 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport if he recently received a report from the Road Safety Authority regarding a review of the weight limits for small public service vehicles; the status of such a report; if he referred it back to the authority and the reasons for same; when it will be published; if there is expected to be legislation required to address the findings of the Road Safety Authority report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 250asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
295 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Transport if his Department published an annual report in 2007; if not, when his Department plan to publish one; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 249asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
294 Deputy Mary O’Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he will have a review of the insurance case of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon.
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Question· writtenPQ 199asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
244 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has in regard to the provision of comprehensive, designated transport for cancer patients who must travel to obtain services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 187asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
232 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will ascertain from the Health Service Executive the number of oncology patients in County Mayo being forced to use a third party transport provider rather than availing of HSE transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 185asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
230 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive are forcing people, including oncology patients, to use a third party transport provider rather than the HSE supplying the transport service directly (details supplied).
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Question· writtenPQ 138asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
183 Deputy P. J. Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the fuel rebate in relation to school transport is to be removed; if so, when; if he will address the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 160asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
160 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to ensure the provision of an extra patrol car in the Keshcarrigan area of County Leitrim.
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Question· writtenPQ 133asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
133 Deputy Noel J. Coonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the status of the extension of a bus route for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when she expects a decision to be made; if her attention has been drawn to the urgency of this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 91asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
82 Deputy Kieran O’Donnell asked the Minister for Transport if private consultants or legal experts have been engaged by his Department in relation to Aer Lingus’s withdrawal of the Shannon to Heathrow route; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 90asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
81 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to provide a similar support to the fuel duty rebate scheme for passenger bus transport services which is being withdrawn; if is attention has been drawn to the impact this will have on the development of public transport, particularly in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 89asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
80 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Transport if he has received a report of an incident on 17 October 2007 at Cork Airport in which an aircraft due to depart for the UK was pushed onto the taxi way without the correct procedures being followed, that the baggage hold was left unsecured and that the aircraft had to power down its engines to enable ground staff to secure the hold; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 88asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
79 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport his views on the retention and development of the Aer Lingus transatlantic routes which service Shannon Airport; his further views on the fact that Aer Lingus have only committed to serving the routes up to the end of the summer schedule 2008; if he will instruct the Government board members of Aer Lingus to work for a real commitment from Aer Lingus and that the company will continue to operate a full comprehensive transatlantic service to Shannon Airport for a minimum period of five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 87asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
78 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that when appointing the two outstanding vacancies to the board of Aer Lingus, that at minimum one of the appointees would be a representative of the mid west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 86asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
77 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport his plans for the provision of level crossings along the Galway to Ennis rail line in view of the opening of the western rail corridor; if a fully automated crossing will be provided for the Ballyogan Road in Barefield, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 85asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
76 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Transport if he will amend the terms of reference his Department has given to transport consultants Booz, Allen and Hamilton in relation to the Broadstone alignment to take into the account the ongoing preparation by Dublin City Council of a local area plan for Phibsborough/Mountjoy since the area covered by the plan includes the Broadstone alignment; if he will specifically ask the consultants to examine the two tier use of the alignment for both LUAS and heavy rail services proposed in the pre-draft submission to Dublin City Council on the local area plan by an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 64asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
54 Deputy Noel O’Flynn asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money paid for taxi services in counties (details supplied) by the Health Service Executive for the purpose of transporting patients and employees of the HSE with a breakdown of the figures in each county showing the amount received by each taxi operator; when was the last time the tender process was used for this service or if the service ever went to tender; the way persons or companies operating a taxi service are selected to provide the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 55asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
46 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to provide a similar support to the fuel duty rebate scheme for passenger bus transport services which is being withdrawn; if is attention has been drawn to the impact this will have on the development of public transport, particularly in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 177asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2007
225 Deputy Jimmy Deenihan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will approve an additional bus run to accommodate pupils attending a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 175asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2007
223 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has been refused school transport in view of the fact that there are vacant places on the bus and in this case the person’s brother is in receipt of school transport to the same school; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 171asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2007
219 Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on introducing assistance for private school bus operators who are to lose the diesel fuel rebate and whose business is in danger with the risk to school bus routes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 128asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2007
177 Deputy Ciarán Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport the tonnage of rail freight carried by Iarnród Éireann for the years 1996 to 2006 inclusive; the revenue obtained from carrying this rail freight for the years 1996 to 2006 inclusive; the costs incurred with providing the rail freight service for the years 1996 to 2006 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 127asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2007
176 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport if he or his Department have received correspondence from the Irish Road Haulage Association in the matter of M50 free tolling; if he will favourably consider same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 126asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2007
175 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he has made a decision in relation to the application by Kildare County Council for a specific grant to improve safety at Firmount Crossroads, Clane, County Kildare.
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Question· writtenPQ 125asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2007
174 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport if he intends to amend Part V of the Roads Act 1993 as amended by the Planning and Development Act 2000 with a view to lifting the toll barriers on the M50 toll bridge in view of the fact that the bridge is now in State ownership; and if he could give a clear response as to his intentions.
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Question· writtenPQ 124asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2007
173 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport when additional services will be put in place on the Maynooth suburban rail line serving the new Docklands station.
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Question· writtenPQ 123asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2007
172 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Transport when is it expected that the doubling of trains serving the Maynooth suburban line from four rail cars to eight will be completed.
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Question· writtenPQ 122asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2007
171 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding funding for a road (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact further information which was requested in relation to the road has been submitted; and when a decision is expected on same.
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Question· writtenPQ 69asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2007
122 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views in relation to the attached submission; the actions he will take as a result of the review to assist with overcoming the stated problems that will affect employment and school transport in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 606asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
657 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of greenhouse gas emissions in Ireland from power generation, road transport, air travel, industry, buildings, households and other sources for each year since 1997 to date in 2007; and if he will provide the information in tabular readable form.
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Question· writtenPQ 587asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
636 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make contact with the Department of Transport and Iarnród Éireann to impress upon them the importance of including the new station at Hansfield and the necessary upgrade of Clonsilla Station in the Dunboyne rail order as a key element of the Hansfield strategic development zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 473asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
525 Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Science if a school bus service applied for by the parents of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be made available.
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Question· writtenPQ 451asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
502 Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a school bus for persons (details supplied) in County Limerick.
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Question· writtenPQ 407asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
459 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Science the position of an application for a bus pass for a student (details supplied) in County Kildare; if there is vacancies on the bus route; the criteria that determines the students application for such a vacancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 368asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
420 Deputy Jim O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the annual subsidy payable for the transport of cargo to and from islands (details supplied).
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Question· writtenPQ 317asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
369 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on whether the removal of the refund of excise duty on fuel used in passenger transport services will cause hardship for the tourism industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 260asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
306 Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport the procedures in place to protect personal data within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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