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Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: We have not had the roll-out of BusConnects yet in Dublin West. The main issue is capacity and reliability. There are ghost buses, disappearing buses, mystery buses and late buses. We have them all in Dublin West. How many buses, on average, are on the roads on weekdays at peak times? How does that figure compare with two years ago?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: That is the figure for Dublin.

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: How many buses does the NTA aim to have in operation in the next two years?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: I would have hoped the witnesses would have had access to that kind of data today. In Dublin West, we are not feeling that upward trajectory in bus numbers.

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: I am talking about Blanchardstown.

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: Why are we not seeing that kind of increase now?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: It is very frustrating for commuters. They are suffering because of a lack of buses and capacity. They are not thinking about the implementation of BusConnects. They just want to get to work, school or college on time. Has the electrification of the bus depots held back the number of buses we have on our roads?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: I am flagging capacity issues and we are not seeing the increase in buses that we need. Will Mr. Creegan answer my question with respect to the electrification of the bus depots? Competitions launched in 2021 and 2023 were cancelled. It seems that only three of our nine bus depots have charging points. Is that why we do not have the fleet that we need to provide capacity?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: Some of the answers I have received from the NTA have indicated that the fleet is an issue, including the electrification of the bus depots.

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: Do we have buses that are not being used? Mr. Creegan said that the NTA is investing in the fleet over time. Do we have buses that are not being used at the moment?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether his Department has applied for, or will apply for, EU social climate funding before the June 2025 deadline; the project/’s for which funding has or is being applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27835/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the preparation, including public consultation, for a new Social Climate Plan for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27836/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a public consultation is planned in 2025 on the preparation of a new National Cyber Security Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27837/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the drafting of the National Cyber Security Bill 2024; if pre-legislative scrutiny is planned in relation to the general scheme already published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27838/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is engaging with other Government Departments on the potential to draw-down EU social climate funding, or EU structural funding, to support the roll out of active travel and shared mobility initiatives, such as shared mobility hubs and shared bike schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27834/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to compensate commercial bus operators affected by the cross-over or duplication of bus service routes provided by the NTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27971/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the number of dedicated parking spaces for coaches introduced across local authority areas in 2022, 2023, 2024; the planned numbers to be introduced for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27972/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide data on the number of people who have availed of free fares under the various fare reduction schemes; the cost of such schemes; the budgetary allocation in 2025 for free fares for children under nine years of age; his plans to extend this to commercial bus operators in 2026; and if he will comment on the effectiveness of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the funding availability under the alternatively-fuelled heavy duty vehicle grant purchase scheme specifically made available for bus and coach purchases in the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and any allocations planned for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27974/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (28 May 2025)

Emer Currie: 112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons Dublin Bus has not added any buses to its fleet in 2025, whether that be diesel, hybrid, or electric; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28088/25]