Parliamentary questions

Road Tolls

Helen McEntee

1154. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the concessions that will be made for motorists travelling to work via the M3 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37445/15]

Rail Services Provision

Helen McEntee

1155. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his plans for the completion of the railway (details supplied) from Navan to Dublin. [37446/15]

Road Projects Status

Michael McGrath

1156. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application for funding for a road project (details supplied) in County Meath has been made; if it will be successful. [37376/15]

Fáilte Ireland

Bobby Aylward

1157. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend the system by which Fáilte Ireland awards its quality assured and quality approved guarantees and subsequent signage in order to adopt a dual approach for bed and breakfasts which are registered under the Irish homes classification scheme, and therefore fulfil the criteria of the quality assured and the quality approved schemes, and ensure the appropriate recognition is awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37463/15]

Fáilte Ireland

Bobby Aylward

1158. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will implement a uniform sign type for all accommodation providers which will fulfil criteria of the quality assured and the quality approved schemes, as was the case up to introduction of the new Fáilte Ireland welcome standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37464/15]

Fáilte Ireland

Bobby Aylward

1159. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a provision by which the bed and breakfast classified sector will be permitted to display the new quality assured signage of the Fáilte Ireland welcome standard and the traditional uniform quality approved signage of the Fáilte Ireland quality approved classification for accommodation providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37465/15]

Aviation Issues

Clare Daly

1160. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of requests made in 2015 to date by the United States of America for permits to transport munitions through Shannon Airport under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order 1973. [37392/15]

Taxi Regulations

Dara Calleary

1161. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the arrangements the Taxi Regulator has in place for communicating with taxi operators who have literacy issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37397/15]

Road Traffic Legislation

Thomas P. Broughan

1162. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the consolidation of the Road Traffic Acts will begin; the expected completion date, given reports that his Department has confirmed that legislation dating back to the 1960s will be consolidated; if this will be completed before the Government's term ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37480/15]

Tourism Promotion

Seán Kenny

1163. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that Tourism Ireland is taking in the print media in Canada to promote tourism to Ireland over the winter months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37496/15]

Motor Insurance Coverage

Dessie Ellis

1164. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the rising costs of motor insurance for private vehicles and for taxis, with many motorists experiencing increases of around 100% in the past year, particularly customers of a company (details supplied); and his plans to keep motor insurance costs at a reasonable rate, which does not unfairly increase the cost of operating a vehicle. [37437/15]

Driver Test Centres

Dessie Ellis

1165. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of a request made to the Office of Public Works by the Road Safety Authority for a compound site to be made available in the north Dublin area to carry out driving tests and facilitate lessons for learner drivers, and the rationale for this request, if it is being pursued. [37438/15]

Driver Safety

Dessie Ellis

1166. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the ongoing issue of high volumes of learner drivers concentrated in certain estates, such as an area (details supplied) in Dublin 11, where at least 12 tests per day are carried out, as well as up to 68 approved driving instructors using the area for their lessons every day. [37439/15]

Aviation Issues

Clare Daly

1167. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on security inspections of aircraft which traditionally were carried out by his Department's inspectors but passed to the Irish Aviation Authority in 2013, in terms of whether any departmental oversight occurs; the number of such inspections that were carried out; if any payments were made by the authority to his Department during this time; and the basis on which the moneys were paid. [37522/15]

Wild Atlantic Way Project

Timmy Dooley

1168. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans or proposals currently under consideration to extended the Wild Atlantic Way along the N69 to Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37562/15]

Road Safety

Thomas P. Broughan

1169. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given any direction to the Road Safety Authority and to national car test agencies to ensure that so-called clocking on cars and other vehicles will be prevented; his Department's estimate of the extent of this problem in the past five years; the legal measures in place to apprehend and punish the criminal elements behind this dangerous and grossly unfair practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37611/15]

Road Safety

Thomas P. Broughan

1170. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has liaised with his European Union colleagues to ensure that access to the national mileage register for cars and other vehicles of each country, and especially of the United Kingdom, will be uniform and immediate for the police forces and car industries of each European Union State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37612/15]

Public Service Contracts

Timmy Dooley

1171. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how the €28 million increase for the public service obligation contracts in budget 2016 will be allocated among the Coras Iompair Éireann companies in 2016. [37682/15]

Road Safety

Michelle Mulherin

1172. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the outcome of the discussions by Ministers of EU member states regarding car emission controls at a meeting of the European Competitiveness Council on 1 October 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37738/15]

Road Improvement Schemes

Brian Walsh

1173. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position regarding the R336 Bearna to Scríb road project in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37743/15]