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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (4 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: 5. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what discussions his Department has had to facilitate increased direct train services on the Rosslare to Dublin line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28936/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (4 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Lawless, and wish him well in his new role. He may wish to brush up on Wexford where austerity measures cut road funding budgets and left the county with a deficit of €68 million in its roads budget since austerity times. This is now critical when it comes to roads infrastructure. I also wish the Minister, Deputy Ryan, well in taking a step...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (4 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: I engaged with a constituent who has sent me this letter. It is simple and as a train user, I am going to read it. It states: The current service provided by IrishRail is subpar, with significant limitations in frequency and speed. With only four return services per day, Wexford suffers from one of the least frequent intercity services in the country. Despite this, there has been...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (4 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: The most interesting thing the Minister has said so far is that there may be a proposal from the review to build a new rail line with the N11 upgrade. We are a small progressive country. The whole of Europe has a proper rail infrastructure that caters for people's needs. A shuttle service would be a retrograde step. The reality is we have to start somewhere and as a progressive country,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (4 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: Most of it is in Dublin.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (4 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: Most of it is in Dublin.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (4 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: I know that is what the Minister believes but what I am trying to do is give him the experience of-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (4 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: Excuse me.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration he is giving to the reinstatement of the 9% VAT rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28769/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: I am sure the Minister will be aware of the higher prices being charged in the tourism and hospitality sectors over recent years. The increasing costs of operating a business in the industry ultimately mean that the customer has to pay more for goods and services. At the moment the Government is playing a three-card trick on businesses. On the one hand, it is providing grants to businesses...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: I know it is part of the consideration. The Minister just accused Deputy Doherty of being a eurosceptic. Maybe he is one himself, given that the VAT rate for hospitality is lower in other European countries and most major European cities. It is only 7% in France and Germany. In destinations such as Portugal it is 6% and Greece it is 6.5%. Spain and Italy are at 10% and yet we persist...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: With due respect, clearly everything I outlined in my first contribution highlighted that those business supports are only able to counteract the rising costs. They are not actually assisting businesses, which are going bust, for the want of a better expression, simply because we do not have people with high-end jobs and residual income to be able to go out and spend on a night out due to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: We are seven weeks away from the start of the new school term and just five weeks after the payment closing date for school transport applications. Temporary alleviation measures were approved which allowed for the provision of additional school transport for post-primary students in Gowran, County Kilkenny last year. In Kilmore, County Wexford, we have approximately 102 students requesting...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (9 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: 143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fatal and serious road traffic collisions involving learner drivers each year from 2016 to 2023; the number of fatalities in each of the fatal crashes by year, the number of people who suffered serious injury; the number of fatal and serious crashes involving an unaccompanied learner driver; the number of learner drivers...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (9 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: 144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his agreed approach with the Road Safety Authority to prevent learner permit renewals without sitting a driving test, under action 27 of the road safety strategy; the proposed date in 2024 for implementation; the reason for the delay to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29451/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (9 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: 145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow An Garda Síochána gain instant access to the national driver file database at the roadside, for real-time information on the status of a licence or learner permit and disqualifications; the proposed date for the Minister to give this access to gardaí as requested; the reason for the delay to date; and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (9 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: 146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to sign a commencement order to activate a provision in the Road Traffic Act 2023 allowing motor insurers and intermediaries gain access to his Department's driver file database to information on disqualified drivers and to verify the driver number; to allow intermediaries with specific sanction from a vehicle insurer to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (9 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: 147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for his Department to link records of all driving licences to the records of vehicle registrations on his Department's national vehicle and driver file databases; the reasons for the delay to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29454/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Programme (9 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: 148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans on the consolidation of Road Traffic Acts; the proposed date for the consolidated Heads of Bill to be presented to the Dáil in 2024, as agreed at the Ministerial road safety committee meeting in November 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29455/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (9 Jul 2024)

Verona Murphy: 149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the Road Safety Authority to publish the complete data on the number of serious injury road traffic collisions, to include hospital data, for 2023; the reason for delays to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29456/24]