Parliamentary questions

Tourism Industry Issues

Peter Mathews

1918. Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if any funding is available to a person (details supplied) who has set up a company to promote heritage sites, national monuments and architectural wonders here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38448/12]

Departmental Staff Training

Gerry Adams

1919. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the amount of money spent on an annual basis on education and training of staff in 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff who availed of each course; if he will provide a list of the courses staff undertook and the cost of each course per person. [38493/12]

Penalty Points System

Thomas P. Broughan

1920. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport his plans to include penalty points for learners driving unaccompanied in the Road Traffic Bill being drafted at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38541/12]

Penalty Points System

Thomas P. Broughan

1921. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport his plans to include penalty points for learners driving without L plates in the Road Traffic Bill being drafted at present; the number of points that he plans to introduce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38542/12]

Road Traffic Offences

Thomas P. Broughan

1922. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport his plans to enact section 54(c) of the 2010 Road Traffic Act giving learners only one point for driving unaccompanied, three points if contested in court, and no points for learners driving without L plates; if so, if he will explain the way this will work without first enacting section 44 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 which will ensure that the current loophole does not continue whereby drivers are getting their cases struck out in court by claiming that they did not receive their notice of fine and points in the post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38543/12]

Penalty Points System

Thomas P. Broughan

1923. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce penalty points for learners in the current Bill, in line with the system in Northern Ireland that is three points if driving without a qualified driver and three points for non display of L plates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38544/12]

Driving Licence Applications

Thomas P. Broughan

1924. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will report on the Road Safety Authority's role as the national driver licensing authority; if the local authorities now have no function in driver licensing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38587/12]

Penalty Points System

Thomas P. Broughan

1925. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the progress made of legislation to implement a full graduated driving licence system; the timetable for publishing this legislation; when he expects the new licensing system to be fully operational; the main heads of the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38588/12]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Thomas P. Broughan

1926. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he is considering any new measures in terms of enhanced security to protect commuters and staff on public and private transport services in view of the vulnerable position, in particular, of staff; and if he is considering any new legislative measures to make it a specific offence to target public and private transport operators. [38589/12]

Taxi Regulations

Bernard Durkan

1927. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of taxi drivers/owners arising from the proposed charges affecting the sector; his plans to alleviate concerns that taxi drivers/owners have in regards to such plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38637/12]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Charlie McConalogue

1928. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the date on which he will announce the beneficiaries of the sports capital grant programme 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38719/12]

Tourism Promotion

Paul Connaughton

1929. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the resources available for community organisations aiming to organise a Gathering in their locality. [38828/12]

Appointments to State Boards

Dominic Hannigan

1930. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will outline, in tabular form, both the number and the percentage of women and men on State boards under the aegis of his Department in each of the past ten years; if he will provide the most up-to-date figures available regarding the number and percentage of women and men on State boards under the aegis of his Department in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38865/12]

Railway Stations Upgrade

Robert Dowds

1931. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on plans to open Kishogue railway station, Lucan, County Dublin. [39050/12]

Vehicle Clamping

John Lyons

1932. Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on proposed legislation to regulate the vehicle clamping industry; the date on which this legislation will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39051/12]

Air Services Provision

Terence Flanagan

1933. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns that the European Aviation Safety Agency is advocating longer working / flying hours limits for pilots and crew in the development of new legislation and in doing so is ignoring scientific research it had commissioned, the findings of which were published in the Moebus report in January 2009, which pointed to tightening the limits on the amount of time a pilot should be able to fly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39143/12]

Haulage Industry Regulation

Robert Dowds

1934. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if the legal responsibility for ensuring that a truck or goods vehicle is not overloaded rests with the driver of the vehicle, the operator, or both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39145/12]

Appointments to State Boards

Anne Ferris

1935. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure that State boards have at least 40% of each gender, as provided for in the programme for Government; the percentage at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39161/12]

Departmental Programmes

Seán Kenny

1936. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will list all projects planned under the Transport 21 programme; the projected and actual cost of each project and if each project was delivered. [39185/12]

Taxi Regulations

Brendan Griffin

1937. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport his views on the penalties that the Taxi Regulator imposes on taxi drivers for relatively minor offences; his plans to review the workings of the Taxi Regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39215/12]