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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: This question is about the N86 Tralee to Dingle road. Is it a priority for the Minister?Will he provide the road fatality figures he has available for this road? It was making very good progress a number of years ago when different phases of the road were progressing. In fact, when I was in the Minister's Department as Minister of State, I remember opening a significant phase between...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister. I welcome the new bus services as well. They are excellent and it is major progress. With regard to the road, it is very important that we see progress now into 2024. That comes down to the funding being provided by the Minister's Department through TII. It is really crucial that the remaining sections would be allowed to progress and that the tenders would be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: It is coming up at people's front doors. Our local councillor, Séamus Cosaí Fitzgerald, is constantly raising it with me.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: Mr. Tommy Griffin is getting this on the doors at the moment.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: It is really important that this is a priority for 2024.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I welcome that. I ask the Minister to please ensure that this road is on the list when the funding is announced. I am not sure when the funding is going to be announced by TII for the national and secondary roads.I presume it is usually around this time of year.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: In the next week or two. I ask the Minister because this is really important from a safety point of view and from a wider general economic point of view. It has been a terrible road over the years. Many people have campaigned for a long time. As I said, it is constantly coming up in my office. People talk to me about it when I meet them out in Dingle and along the way. Tommy Griffin is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if data exists in relation to the experience of and effectiveness of raised pedestrian crossings or junctions in built up areas on busy regional and national secondary roads such as the N86 in Annascaul, County Kerry or the R577 at Kishkeam, County Cork; if a funding stream will be provided to replicate these measures in other locations...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a record of all applications from Kerry County Council to his Department for any works in respect of a bridge in Kerry (details supplied) since 2009; if a record of all funding granted in that period in respect of the bridge will be provided; if a record of all funding drawn down in respect of the bridge will be provided; if the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered requests from the Minister for Rural and Community Development and others for funding to be allocated from his budget towards the local improvement scheme programme; if he will state how much capital funding was carried over from his Department at the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4889/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if safer protections will be put in place at a bridge in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4890/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reviews (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the anticipated timeline in relation to proposed speed limit reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4891/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ferry Services (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new passenger ferry routes in and out of Ireland since 2022; if he will identify these routes and the seasons they serve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4892/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vintage cars registered for use on Irish roads each year since 2017, in tabular form; a breakdown per county of these; if the types and years of vehicles will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4893/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected number of air routes directly between Ireland and North America for 2024; if he will identify these routes and the airlines operating each; if they are seasonal or year-round; which routes are new for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4942/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ferry Services (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new passenger ferry routes in and out of Ireland since 2022; if he will identify these routes and the seasons they serve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4892/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vintage cars registered for use on Irish roads each year since 2017, in tabular form; a breakdown per county of these; if the types and years of vehicles will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4893/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 265. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has requested a version of the Grant Thornton Toy Show The Musical report documenting names, where the published report only contains numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4653/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 269. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide additional funding to independent broadcasters as a matter of urgency to support their existing news and current affairs coverage in the context of the proliferation of misinformation in public discourse; if she recognises the urgency of this extra funding, particularly in a year of numerous national...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with ESB Networks in relation to seeking a more affordable cost of reconnecting a derelict or vacant home in the context of efforts being made to bring such properties back into use through initiatives such as Croí Cónaithe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4797/24]