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Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Pa Daly: There are 83,000 people waiting for driving tests. The number is up by 10,000 since the start of the year and 20,000 over the past six months. The average waiting time is more than 27 weeks, as the Minister of State indicated, which is way over the statutory maximum of ten. In April of last year, the Fianna Fáil Minister committed to significant progress being made between October and...

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I will finish on this. We instead are sending a representative to a song contest, which has been used-----

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Pa Daly: -----as a propaganda tool by Israel over the years. We should not be sending anyone there.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 May 2025)

Pa Daly: No, she has not.

Housing and Critical Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I was recently speaking to one of the housing officials in Kerry County Council who described the housing situation in the county as being "like a jungle out there". Rather than doing something about it, the plan from the Government is going to make things worse. The problems with critical infrastructure are so acute that they are preventing the delivery of new homes and are a result of bad...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if work has commenced on a new State aviation policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23074/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts he is making to improve the experience of commuters on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23024/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: What efforts is the Minister making to improve the experience of commuters on public transport? The performance of public transport operators is closely monitored by the National Transport Authority, NTA. The Minister previously said on certain routes buses were late and even not turning up at too great a frequency and that the NTA was carrying out a review of the incidents that had taken...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply. We have seen that, where services have been provided, the increase in passenger numbers has been up to 50% on some routes. People want services to be affordable, accessible and reliable. I spoke recently to some students from UL who travel up and down to Kerry. On a Friday, the Dublin coach regularly does not turn up and they are left to get the next...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I have two final questions. First, the last time we debated on Oral Questions I asked the Minister to explicitly rule out public transport fare increases. Has he come to a decision on that? The second question has been rumbling on since Covid. It seems that in the transport plan there is a policy to have a food and drinks ban on train services to the west. For people travelling,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Network (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply. There is a danger with Government announcements and there was such an announcement on 28 March. Those announcements often include a boast about funding but when the details are checked, it does not seem that there is enough there and there is no delivery. Many people feel they are only being codded. While I recognise that some progress has been made,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Network (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: There are concerns among engineers in Kerry. One concern is that they had tender documents available for the bridge near Glenbeigh National School and between Ballinclare and Ballinasare on the Dingle road. Tender documents were available and all the work was done but suddenly the funding that was believed to be available was cut. I also raise the issue of local improvement schemes,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Network (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to ensure regional and national roads in Kerry are adequately maintained; if he has considered conducting a review into the state of the regional and national road network in Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23023/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Network (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: What measures is the Minister for Transport taking to ensure that regional and national roads in County Kerry are adequately maintained? Has he considered conducting a review into the state of the regional and national road networks, particularly in Kerry? Will he make a statement on the matter?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 183. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how he plans to improve pay and conditions for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17920/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Policies (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 18 February 2025, when the consultations will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22921/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department is undertaking to address capacity issues on intercity and regional rail services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23025/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered implementing multi-annual funding frameworks for Transport Infrastructure Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23075/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on progress regarding connecting the north and south Kerry greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23076/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work his Department is doing to ensure ports are prepared to support Ireland’s ambitions for offshore wind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23077/25]