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Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Air and Water Pollution
Charlie McConalogue
513. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline his views on the use of splash plates for slurry spreading in view of the national clean air strategy consultation. [31557/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Departmental Staff Redeployment
Éamon Ó Cuív
514. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to set down the number of civil servants in his Department who have requested a transfer to a location outside County Dublin; the number of civil servants in his Department who have requested a transfer from a location outside of Dublin into County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31775/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Road Traffic Legislation
John McGuinness
515. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a system of licensing and regulating the use of horse-drawn vehicles (details supplied). [30927/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Greenways Development
Fergus O'Dowd
516. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the status of the proposed Boyneside trail project that will run from Drogheda to east County Meath; his plans to progress and prioritise this project to boost tourism in the Drogheda and east County Meath areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31040/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Road Safety
Clare Daly
517. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review of the effectiveness of road safety interventions and policy in regard to drink driving has been ordered or will be ordered following the revelation that enforcement metrics in this area, such as the numbers of drivers being breath-tested over several years, are not reliable or credible. [29943/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Coast Guard Services
Pat Buckley
518. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to specify the body responsible for ensuring proper upgrading of navigational equipment on Coast Guard helicopters; and if these upgrades include information on all wind turbines here. [31336/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Ministerial Meetings
Thomas P. Broughan
519. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he last met with the UK Secretary of State for Transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30806/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Brexit Negotiations
Thomas P. Broughan
520. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the way in which his Department and the equivalent UK Department are liaising on Brexit matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30807/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Cycling Policy
Thomas P. Broughan
521. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the traffic management measures he is taking to reduce and eliminate death and injury to cyclists in view of the unacceptable and tragic rise in such casualties in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30815/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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National Transport Authority
Thomas P. Broughan
522. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the number of complaints or reports made to the National Transport Authority regarding rickshaws and rickshaw drivers in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30820/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Bus Services
Peadar Tóibín
523. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the provision of bus services or bus licences from provincial towns directly to the main universities in view of the extraordinary costs of rents facing students from the regions who are living in Dublin. [30834/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Bus Services
Peadar Tóibín
524. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the number of Bus Éireann journeys that have been cancelled in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the main reasons for this; the number of Bus Átha Cliath journeys that are cancelled each year; the main reasons for this; if substitute bus drivers are available in the event of drivers calling in sick; and the amount of sick days taken on average per driver. [30849/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Road Traffic Legislation
Dara Calleary
525. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his views on whether it is appropriate for Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, to overrule local Garda advice on speed limits on stretches of road (details supplied) in view of the fact that local Garda advice is based on local knowledge of past accidents and the potential for future accidents; his plans to review the powers of TII to overrule both An Garda Síochána and local authorities in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30890/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Driver Test
Niamh Smyth
526. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the options and supports available to a person (details supplied). [30986/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Regional Airports
Peadar Tóibín
527. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has made an application for state aid exemption for runway works at Ireland West Airport Knock; the date it was submitted; the expected date for approval; and the details of the works. [31009/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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State Aid
Peadar Tóibín
528. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the additional state aid exemptions on infrastructure projects which the Government has sought. [31010/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Olympic Council of Ireland
Catherine Murphy
529. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has issued emergency funding to the Olympic Council of Ireland, OCI, in 2016 and to date in 2017 outside the normal allocation; if Sports Ireland has issued funding to the OCI in 2016 and to date in 2017 outside the normal allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31020/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Olympic Council of Ireland
Catherine Murphy
530. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1843 of 20 June 2017, if he has considered the advice from the Attorney General regarding the report on the Olympic ticketing arrangements; the position regarding the 2017 funding arrangements from Sports Ireland to the Olympic Council of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31031/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Greenways Development
Brendan Smith
531. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the progress to date in advancing a greenway utilising sections of the disused Sligo and Leitrim and northern counties railway (SLNCR) route; the status of this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31071/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Greenways Development
Brendan Smith
532. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the position regarding the proposal to develop a greenway between Ballinamore, County Leitrim and Belturbet, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31072/17]