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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (17 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 186 and 187 together. The Irish Aviation Authority ("the IAA") is the designated National Enforcement Body for Regulation (EC) 261 of 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights ("EU 261"). The IAA investigates alleged breaches of this Regulation...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (17 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 188, 208, 209, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227 and 258 together. As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport in Ireland. Issues in relation to Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) pension schemes are primarily a matter for the trustees of the pension schemes, the CIÉ Group and their...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Protected Disclosures (17 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 189 and 190 together. I propose to take PQs 31806/25 and 31807/25 together. The EU Directive 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law was adopted on 23 October 2019 and sets minimum standards for the protection of whistleblowers across the EU. This Directive was transposed by the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Protected Disclosures (17 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Regulation (EU) 376/2014 (Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the reporting, analysis and follow-up of occurrences in civil aviation aims to improve aviation safety by ensuring that relevant safety information relating to civil aviation is reported, collected, stored, protected, exchanged, disseminated and analysed. The sole objective...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (17 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Work on the National Policy Framework for Unmanned Aircraft Systems is well advanced. Many of the issues addressed by the Policy Framework fall directly within the remit of the Department of Transport, while other issues will cross-over into areas of responsibility of other Government Departments and agencies. Given its cross-sectoral nature, the Policy Framework will be subject to government...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (17 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The EU regulatory framework for civil unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), established through Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 on the procedures and rules for the operation of unmanned aircraft and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 on unmanned aircraft and on third country operators of unmanned aircraft systems, is directly applicable in Ireland. The EU UAS...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (17 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The European Commission in conjunction with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency developed an enabling regulatory framework (Regulations (EU) 2021/664, 2021/665, and 2021/666) that allows for the safe development of the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) services market and the integration of UAS into our airspace. Regulation (EU) 2021/664, the U-space Regulation, provides for a digital...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (17 Jun 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 query raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Bus Éireann I have, therefore, referred the Deputy's question to the company for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (17 Jun 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 and construction 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: Public Transport (17 Jun 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: National Transport Authority (17 Jun 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: National Transport Authority (17 Jun 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: National Transport Authority (17 Jun 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: Departmental Budgets (17 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Please see table below outlining the capital budget allocations for The Department of Transport: Year € 2023 €2.6 billion 2024 €2.6 billion 2025 €2.8 billion

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (17 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: I am informed by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) that it has experienced delays to licensing processing times. The IAA's licensing division has recently increased resources to address demand. The IAA has also confirmed that there are a significant number of engineering licensing applications, which are being processed in sequence, of which Category A licences are a small proportion. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (17 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 203, 204, 205 and 206 together. As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for promoting the development of integrated, accessible public transport networks and infrastructure. The NTA works with the relevant public...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (17 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Government includes a clear commitment to engage with relevant stakeholders to establish air connectivity between Dublin and Derry City airports. I am pleased to advise the Deputy that my Department is progressing the preparatory work necessary to establish a Dublin-Derry Public Service Obligation (PSO) air service in 2026. I am sure the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (17 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 210 and 211 together. From the outset I would like to clarify that I, as Minister for Transport, have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. However, issues in relation to CIÉ pension schemes are primarily a matter for the trustees of the pension schemes, the CIÉ Group and their employees. As a commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Jun 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...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (17 Jun 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As the Deputy may be aware, as Minister for Transport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding of public transport in Ireland, including in relation to the rail network. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA). The NTA Greater Dublin Area Transport...