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Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Air Services Provision
Timmy Dooley
1. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his intentions with regard to the State's holding in Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57533/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Taxi Regulations
Dessie Ellis
2. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with the Department of Justice or An Garda Síochána to discuss the enforcement of taxi regulations and to aid in the crackdown on illegal drivers, cloned licences and other such offences. [57239/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Regional Airports
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
3. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has examined the competitive impact of the Shannon Airport support package on neighbouring airports such as Ireland West Airport Knock and on the region it serves; his national aviation priorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57537/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Tourism Industry Issues
Timmy Dooley
4. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he will help put in place a viable hotel industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57534/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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North-South Ministerial Council
Sandra McLellan
5. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on discussions held at the meeting of the North-Ministerial Council in tourism sectoral format on 28 November 2012 in Armagh, including discussions regarding Tourism Ireland's business plan for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57752/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Penalty Point System
John Browne
6. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the changes he plans to make to penalty points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57197/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Transport Policy
Robert Troy
7. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the implication for transport policy in view of the fact that the proportion of commuters using cars to travel to work has risen from 57% to 69% over the past 30 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57225/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Sports Capital Programme
Sandra McLellan
8 Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed breakdown in terms of amount received, location, and names of the clubs in disadvantaged areas who received funding in the 2012 round of the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57257/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Public Transport Provision
Michael Moynihan
9. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if CIE has received the €36 million subvention announced in July 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57230/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Taxi Regulations
Billy Kelleher
10. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for taxi branding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57207/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Rail Services
Mary Lou McDonald
11. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on works being carried out on the Luas BXD project; the total spend on the project so far and current estimate for the cost of the completed project. [57236/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Sports Capital Programme
Jonathan O'Brien
12 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next round of funding will be available under the sports capital programme; the amount to be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57263/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Cycling Facilities
Kevin Humphreys
13. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that is being provided by the National Transport Authority for the expansion of Dublin Bikes this year and in follow on years; if he will be supporting the further expansion of the scheme; if he will be in a position to ensure this is implemented quickly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57255/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Roads Maintenance
Peadar Tóibín
14. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he will take to ensure the up keep of the State’s road network to maintain safety and quality conditions in view of cutbacks in Budget 2013. [57237/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Rail Services
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
15. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to put in place measures to increase the capacity of the Luas to deal with high volumes of passengers at the Heuston stop such as building a link between the Red Line and Green line filtering passengers off the Red Line before Heuston via Fatima stop. [57243/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Tourism Promotion
Martin Ferris
16. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of any new projects he expects to receive funding from the €56 million provided for tourism product development between 2013 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57266/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Departmental Funding
Brian Stanley
17. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the way the €7million allocated for the Gathering in the 2012 Budget will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57262/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Departmental Budgets
Bernard Durkan
18. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of the budget for his Department to meet in full the projected requirements in the coming year; the extent if any to which any unforeseen expenditure will be provided for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57194/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Sports Capital Programme
Pearse Doherty
19 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the clubs and organisations who do not own their own land and or do not have a long term lease who received funding in the first round of the sports capital programme 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57258/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Road Safety Strategy
Thomas P. Broughan
20. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the upcoming new road strategy for 2013 to 2020; the measures that he believes should be included in the new strategy; if this will include roadside drug testing measures [57251/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Departmental Agencies Funding
Seán Crowe
21. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that he plans to reduce Fáilte Ireland’s budget from €63.3 million in 2013 to €53.2 million by 2015, his views on whether this will have a negative impact on the tourist industry in terms of visitor numbers and employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57260/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Tourist Accommodation
Niall Collins
22. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he will take to assist the hotel industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57201/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Sale of Aer Lingus
Willie O'Dea
23. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or any State agency has tendered for an adviser in relation to the State's 25% shareholding in Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57217/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Road Tolls
Pearse Doherty
24. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money collected from road tolls to date in 2012; the amount of this money taken in by the State; if he will provide a breakdown based on the road the tolls were collected from and the companies operating them. [57245/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Aviation Sector
Billy Kelleher
25. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for aviation in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57203/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Regional Airports
Denis Naughten
26. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deliver on proposals by Ireland West Airport, Knock to create 500 new jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57253/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Shannon Airport Facilities
Seán Crowe
27. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify his statement regarding Shannon Airport when he welcomed enormous possibilities for additional military flights; the kind of military flights he was referring; his views on the use of Irish airspace by foreign military forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57241/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Search and Rescue Service
Michael McGrath
28. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his action plan to address concerns regarding maritime transport and marine emergency response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57214/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Public Transport
Micheál Martin
29. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in installing wi-fi on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57211/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Taxi Regulations
Gerry Adams
30. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the continuation of the sitting of the SPSV licence entry test in view of the oversupply of SPSV drivers on the road currently. [57240/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Sports Capital Programme
Mary Lou McDonald
31. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the sports capital grant in terms of the total amount in new funding; the amount allocated thus far; the amount of funding still to be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57259/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Transport Policy
Catherine Murphy
32. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the most recent data from the Central Statistics Office which show continued and marked increases in numbers commuting by car for both workers and school students, the measures he intends to introduce to reverse this trend in the lifetime of this Government; in particular, the initiatives he intends for the greater Dublin area where 55% of commuters travel to work by car; the measures he intends to implement to reduce the numbers of school students travelling to school by car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57196/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Departmental Budgets
Sandra McLellan
33. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form, a detailed breakdown of his Department’s funding for sports in Budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57256/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Proposed Legislation
Thomas P. Broughan
34. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the proposed new Road Traffic Bill will be published; the main new measures comprised in the Bill including any proposed new penalty point offences, including reduced thresholds for learner drivers, N-plates for new drivers for a period of two years and the non-display of L-plates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57250/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Public Transport Provision
Kevin Humphreys
35. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered expanding the Leap card to allow it to be used for the Dublin bikes schemes; if he will bring this proposal to the National Transport Authority and Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57254/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Sports Capital Programme Applications
Mick Wallace
36. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any additional funding will be made available to support some of the clubs which were not allocated money under the 2012 sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57138/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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EU Funding
Catherine Murphy
37. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his involvement in developing the transport element of the connecting Europe facility; if he will state the specific projects that he is likely to fund through the various financial instruments available under the facility; if it is the his preference to fund road infrastructure from the fund; if so, the proportion of funds available to Ireland that are intended to go to road infrastructure; if he will state his priorities for the forthcoming EU Council presidency in relation to EU transportation development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57190/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Road Improvement Schemes
Brendan Griffin
38. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the upgrading of the N22 Ballyvourney to Ovens Road, County Cork; if he envisages that this road will be constructed in the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57248/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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State Agencies
Michael Colreavy
39. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed account of the plans to merge Shannon Development’s functions with Fáilte Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57261/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Taxi Ranks
Dessie Ellis
40. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work he is doing to ensure the best integration of taxis into the Dublin transport network in advance of the development of the LUAS BXD project, including ensuring sufficient ranks are provided especially during construction stages. [57242/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Tourism Promotion
Gerry Adams
41. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he plans to reduce the tourism marketing fund by 5%; where he expects the savings to come from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57265/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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State Agencies
Bernard Durkan
42. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects the various bodies under his aegis to be in a position to make a sizeable or important contribution towards economic recovery in the coming year; if he has identified particular areas in the tourism, transport or sporting sectors that are likely to present specific opportunities in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57195/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Taxi Regulations
Jonathan O'Brien
43. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider further financial incentives to increase the number of wheelchair accessible vehicles in the State’s taxi fleet. [57238/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Sports Capital Programme Applications
Mick Wallace
44. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria used to determine the way the €26 million of funding for sports capital grants was allocated to sports clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57137/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Regional Airports
Denis Naughten
45. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on discussions with the management of Ireland West Airport, Knock County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57252/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Sports Capital Programme
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
46. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that €12.5 million has been allocated for capital spending on sport for 2013 and that this represents a fall of €5.5 million 30% on the 2012 allocation, if he will provide details of the national and regional projects he intends to fund in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57264/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Overseas Development Aid Provision
Brendan Smith
47. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to set out interim targets in relation to funding levels for overseas development aid to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57462/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Undocumented Irish in the USA
Brendan Griffin
48. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered a proposal (details supplied) in relation to visas for highly skilled jobs and the undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57480/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Northern Ireland Issues
Joe Higgins
49. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will follow up the case of a person (details supplied) with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in view of the reported cases of repeated police harassment they have been subjected to and their current incarceration on contested grounds. [57523/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Anti-Social Driving Practices
Brendan Smith
50. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 1 of 17 October 2012, if contact has been made with the Justice Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive or with other Departments or agencies on a cross-Border basis to deal with serious anti-social driving practices on the N54-A3 road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57527/12]