Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Freedom of Information Requests

Michael Healy-Rae

587. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 636 to 638, inclusive, of 17 November 2015, if he will clarify a number of matters contained in his replies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41665/15]

Roadworthiness Testing

Jim Daly

588. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce testing of agricultural machinery for safety on the road, such as for emissions, braking systems, lights, hitches, tyres, etc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41666/15]

Freedom of Information Requests

Éamon Ó Cuív

589. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a request under freedom of information legislation submitted by this Deputy, which was due to be decided on and replied to by 13 November 2015, will be decided upon; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41690/15]

Road Network

John Paul Phelan

590. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received the report on congestion in the Dublin area which he requested the National Transport Authority to prepare earlier in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41697/15]

Turbary Rights

Colm Keaveney

591. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Transport Infrastructure Ireland will compensate persons for their loss of turbary rights at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41702/15]

Greenways Funding

Robert Troy

592. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for funding of €500,000 to develop a cycle route greenway from Abbeyshrule to Ballymahon in County Longford. [41710/15]

Greenways Funding

Robert Troy

593. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide signage for the blueway trail along the Royal Canal, listing features and potential walking and cycling routes in proximity to the canal, to ensure users are aware of these amenities in the local area. [41712/15]

Electric Vehicles

Timmy Dooley

594. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the public transport fleet, including all Córas Iompair Éireann, CIE, companies that are powered by electricity; the number of buses powered by electricity that are owned by Dublin Bus, and by Bus Éireann; the percentage of the overall fleet in each company this makes up; the absolute and percentage targets for electric powering the fleet by 2020; and the incentives he has put in place to encourage the CIE companies to purchase vehicles powered by electricity. [41821/15]

Taxi Regulations

Timmy Dooley

595. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with the ride-sharing company, Uber, in relation to its entry into the Irish market; the purpose and outcomes of these meetings and if he believes Uber's ride-sharing services will be fully compliant with Irish public transport and health and safety regulations. [41822/15]

Taxi Regulations

Timmy Dooley

596. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with the ride-sharing company, BlaBlaCar, in relation to its entry into the Irish market; the purpose and outcome of these meetings and if he believes BlaBlaCar ride-sharing services will be fully compliant with Irish public transport and health and safety regulations. [41823/15]

Road Safety

Timmy Dooley

597. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering any measures to improve traffic safety on the M50 motorway, given the recent traffic accidents on the motorway, and the recent National Road Authority warnings about the motorway being beyond its safe carrying capacity at peak hours; and if he will describe what measures he is currently considering. [41824/15]

Road Safety

Timmy Dooley

598. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or agencies under the aegis of his Department are considering any new measures for implementing greater efficiency and speedier response times in managing the aftermath of traffic accidents on the M50 motorway, given the excessive traffic congestion build-up in Dublin city following recent accidents on the motorway. [41825/15]

Traffic Management

Timmy Dooley

599. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the latest traffic volume survey statistics for Cork, Galway, Waterford, and Limerick city centres, similar to the cordon count statistics collected by the National Transport Authority for Dublin city centre; and the statistics detailing how much traffic congestion has increased in each of these city centres, with comparisons, for each of the years 2012 to 2014 and to date in 2015. [41826/15]

Rail Network Expansion

Timmy Dooley

600. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if and when he made the decision to reduce the weight or role that wider economic benefits play in benefit-to-cost ratios and business case analyses that are used to determine the viability of public rail projects, as alluded to by the National Transport Authority to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications on 3 November 2015. [41827/15]

Cycling Facilities Provision

Timmy Dooley

601. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will incentivise the private provision of, or directly fund the public provision of, an increased number of secure bicycle lockers at public locations in the greater Dublin area; the cost of providing bicycle lockers. [41828/15]

Departmental Funding

James Bannon

602. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any State funding is available for conservation works at a built heritage structure at risk (details supplied) in County Longford whose main building is nearly 400 years old, in view of the importance of the building to Ireland's built heritage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41895/15]

Heritage Projects

Terence Flanagan

603. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Asgard boat (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41325/15]

Scéimeanna Teanga

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

604. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil scéim teanga daingnithe ag Córas Iompair Éireann - lena n-áirítear Bus Éireann, Bus Átha Cliath agus Iarnród Éireann; agus cá seasann an scéim sin i láthair na huaire. [41466/15]

Departmental Funding

Brendan Griffin

605. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide funding to a co-operative (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41528/15]

Forestry Sector

Paul Connaughton

606. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when details will be available to those who wish to plant lands in hen harrier designated areas under the locally-led hen harrier scheme announced recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41529/15]

Departmental Funding

James Bannon

607. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to save a built heritage structure at risk (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41543/15]

Scéimeanna Teanga

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

608. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an gcuirfidh sí liosta ar fáil de na comhlachtaí poiblí a thagann faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003 nach bhfuil scéim teanga aontaithe ag an Roinn leo. [41670/15]

Film Industry Development

Éamon Ó Cuív

609. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any European Regional Development Fund funding will be available from 2016 to 2020 for the development of the film industry, either nationally or on a regional basis; the timescale for the roll-out of such funding; the method by which it will be advertised; if it will be matched by Exchequer funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41692/15]

Turbary Rights

Denis Naughten

610. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when will the designation be lifted on national heritage area bogs earmarked for de-designation; when will owners and those with turbary rights be informed that their bog is to be designated as a replacement national heritage area; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41730/15]

Turbary Rights

Denis Naughten

611. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why an area of bog belonging to one particular owner (details supplied) was designated, while an adjoining area belonging to a neighbour was not; why this bog was designated as an national heritage area when investigations classed it as a dead bog and of no assistance to wildlife, given that she was already in possession of public lands sufficient to fulfil bog designation requirements; why the owner in question was denied compensation for the designation; when will this bog be de-designated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41731/15]

Turbary Rights

Denis Naughten

612. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why she wrote to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary on 24 February 2014 advising that the person's bog was to be de-designated, and yet it still has to be de-designated; if the owner will be provided with compensation for the loss of income to date, since the initial designation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41732/15]

Commemorative Events

Michael McCarthy

613. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the relatives of those who fought in the 1916 Rising will be invited to official ceremonies to mark the commemoration of the Rising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41736/15]

Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme

Denis Naughten

614. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a payment under the bog compensation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41740/15]