Results 25,001-25,020 of 26,783 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (26 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry, including vehicle age limits for SPSVs and the recent public consultation concerning 2015 registered vehicles, is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA), under the provisions of the Consolidated Taxi Regulation Acts 2013 and 2016. I have no role in the day-to-day operations of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Navigation Orders (26 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Article 8 of the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989 empowers the Minster for Transport to carry out an inspection of civil aircraft flying from any place within the State. However, the exercise of this power is conditional on there being an appearance, to the Minster for Transport of an intention or likelihood that the civil...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (26 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Reply not received from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (26 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (26 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. However, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the regulation of fares charged to passengers in respect of public transport services provided under public service obligation (PSO) contracts....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (26 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department is continuously exploring ways to encourage the uptake of cycling as a mode of transport. Our National Sustainable Mobility Policy examines the different behavioural change measures that can be explored to promote modal shift away from private car use and towards zero-emission transport modes such as walking, cycling and e-biking. While I welcome the introduction of an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (26 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (26 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (26 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The issue raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Irish Rail. Therefore, I have referred the Deputy's question to Irish Rail for direct response to the Deputy. Please advise my private office...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Data Protection (26 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The Department of Transport is committed to meeting its obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018. This includes the reporting to the Data Protection Commission of data breaches where the breach presents a risk to the affected individuals and responding to any requests for information from the Data Protection Commission. Staff from the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (26 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As Minister of Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding of public transport. The operation, maintenance and renewal of the rail network and stations on the network, including the former station referred to at Mullinavat, Co. Kilkenny, is a matter for Iarnród Éireann in the first instance. In view of Iarnród Éireann's responsibility in this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (26 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The Irish Coast Guard, a Division within the Department of Transport, has 44 Volunteer Units based around the coast of Ireland. The Coast Guard building programme, which includes the provision of new or upgraded facilities for volunteers, is managed by the Office of Public Works (OPW) on behalf of my department. The Department of Transport adheres to the Infrastructure Guidelines by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Weather Events (26 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department has not yet sought or received any additional funding following storm Éowyn.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (27 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The roll-out of infrastructure for mobile telecommunications services in Ireland is primarily a matter for private mobile network operators, operating on a commercial basis in a liberalised market, regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). ComReg is statutorily independent in the exercise of its functions in accordance with section 11 of the Communications Regulation...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (27 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Reply not received from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (27 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 143 and 153 together. The matters referred to in the Questions are operational matter for the SEAI. I have asked the SEAI to respond directly to the Deputy to provide the specific information sought as soon as possible. Additionally, the SEAI has established a specific email address for queries from Oireachtas members so that such queries can be addressed...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (27 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Reply not received from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (27 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: One intervention area that my Department has been considering, in conjunction with ComReg, is content inspection on carrier messaging, often referred to as an 'SMS Filter', akin to an email spam filter. There are a number of ways content inspection on carrier messaging could be applied, most of which can be executed within our existing legislative framework. One application would see the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (27 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department is committed to tackling scam calls and texts across electronic communications networks and services. It is necessary to explore a myriad of solutions as there is no one panacea for phone or SMS fraud. Instead, we must look to layer multiple protections together to truly mitigate the risks and safeguard consumers. One intervention area that my Department has been...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (27 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Reply not received from Department.