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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: We have had many exchanges in the Chamber on the need for free public transport. People Before Profit are very clear we consider this to be a key environmental and cost-of-living measure. I want to focus on the question of making public transport free for under-18s and students because not only is it a very good idea, but it is also Green Party policy. Are we going to see it happen?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister. The Green Party transport policy from April 2021 refers to short-term actions to be done within 12 months. One is to "Make public transport free for all students (up to and including 3rd level) ...". It is now 34 months later and students are still paying for public transport. What I took from the Minister's answer, as well as recent reporting in the Irish Examineris...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: The fare reduction is welcome; there is no question about that. It has made a difference, so imagine what a difference it could make if the Minister's party's policy were implemented and we reduced the fares so far that they no longer existed. Imagine what that would mean for people in terms of the money in their pocket and the ease of just knowing they can jump on a bus, train or whatever...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: So would I.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: We are in favour of access in Dún Laoghaire.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: I do not think so.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: I will find out, but I do not think so.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: Yes.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the method used to calculate passenger numbers at Dublin Airport and if he will take action to ensure that the airport remains within the passenger cap. [4820/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: It was revealed last weekend in The Irish Timesthat the Dublin Airport Authority, DAA, is cooking the books in terms of the numbers of passengers going through the airport and, in reality, is breaching the passenger cap. If all passengers going through the airport were properly counted, the airport would have breached the 32 million passengers per annum cap by more than 1 million. What...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: I raised this with the Minister, and I had the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers answer me, on 30 November. The Minister of State assured me then that "the CEO of the DAA has confirmed that, until planning permission ... is granted, it will continue to manage passenger capacity ... to ensure this planning condition [of 32 million] is not breached." DAA is breaching it. It is in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: The DAA has provided the methodology all right and the methodology says we are cooking the books. The Minister of State is telling me that the Government and a Department led by a Green Minister does not mind and says that it is nothing to do with them. Are private jet customers included? Are they included in the figure that keeps under 32 million cap the 31.9 million figure which DAA...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what measures he is taking to prevent cancellations and no-shows of buses in Dublin, particularly on the new BusConnects routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4414/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the proposed €96 monthly Leap card ticket and €960 annual ticket for Dublin public transport in light of the climate and cost living crises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4417/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local and on-demand bus services will be introduced in areas losing local connections as a result of BusConnects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4416/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide further details on the increase in frequency and capacity for the red line Luas promised by the National Transport Authority, including when it will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4413/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of issues of unanswered complaints from the DAA (details supplied); the body that can investigate the DAA; if he agrees that a new external body needs to be created to handle this process for the DAA; and what actions will he take in relation to this. [4735/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct the Teaching Council to work with a person (details supplied) to ensure that they can complete a part-time course for a full post-primary qualification, informing them whether a course is relevant prior to their enrolment and ensure that they can continue to teach. [4728/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that the US embassy has confirmed that it plans to demolish the old Jury's Hotel in Ballsbridge and construct a new embassy on the site; if he agrees that, given the current accommodation crisis, the site should be used to house homeless people and asylum seekers at this time; what actions he will take to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what body or bodies are carrying out the investigation into the fact that an individual (details supplied) was allowed to continue to own and race greyhounds at tracks around this country for up to ten months after they had been banned from owning, keeping or breeding a dog following a conviction for cruelty under the Animal Health...