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Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 389. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has engaged with early years providers regarding possible changes to the daily time allocated to the ECCE programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52630/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 390. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has engaged with early years providers regarding possible changes to the daily time allocated to the ECCE programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52631/25]

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I will reiterate the importance of passing the occupied territories Bill in this Dáil as quickly as possible. It is important to acknowledge that the constant articulation of the need to sanction illegal Israeli settlements that are a direct threat to the possibility of a two-state solution in the Middle East is paying off. The work done by Ireland, advocacy groups, civil society,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: My first question relates to staffing. My understanding is that one of our bus network's biggest challenges is the inability to get drivers and mechanics. That is now adding significant delays to improving services on existing routes and also represents a threat to the roll-out of BusConnects. Will the representatives from Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead Ireland speak to the challenges in terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The representatives from Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank Ms McKay. We have limited time and I want to squeeze in one last question. The BusConnects roll-out started in 2021. Will one of the representatives from the NTA give me its best estimate of when all 12 of the corridors will be rolled out? Is there funding in place? To what extent does the ability of Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead to staff routes with drivers present a potential risk to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to come back to the roll-out of BusConnects. This question is probably for the witnesses from the NTA. To clarify, the NTA is looking at a seven-year roll-out before all 12 of the spines are completed, which takes us to 2032. Did I pick that up correctly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I will come back to that point. While I am not trying to downgrade the project - there are significant works for some of the BusConnects routes - it is not a new light rail or something. For example, it is not the electrification of the rail lines, but we are looking at a similar timeline. Why is there such a lengthy timeline? Is it funding or capacity dependent? Why is it taking seven...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Have those sets of four bundles been made publicly available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Are we saying the approach is to undertake the bundles in three-year periods?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Does the NTA have certainty on the first four corridors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The NTA needs that certainty of funding on the first four corridors before it kickstarts the work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Planning permission is in for DART+ West and DART+ South West. Is there a decision gate in the Department of public expenditure or something that needs to be passed before work begins on those? What is the next step in progressing DART?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (30 Sep 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am a strong advocate and daily user of our public transport system, but the perception and reality on public transport is that people are feeling unsafe. The NTA's security survey shows 40% of people feeling unsafe on public transport. The "Prime Time" programme on RTÉ earlier this year revealed that reported incidents of antisocial behaviour on Dublin Bus specifically rose from 494...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (30 Sep 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Will the existing private security go completely when the new transport police force comes in or is there a plan to run it concurrently? I am aware that the creation of something new like this requires legislation and a dedicated budgetary line. Nevertheless, the Minister took office in January 2025, and he is now talking about this service being operational in early 2027. That is a fair...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Aviation Industry (30 Sep 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is too late. It is already-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Aviation Industry (30 Sep 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: It does not deal with noise.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (30 Sep 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the programme for Government commitment to create a transport security force under the National Transport Authority, which would operate and have similar powers to the airport police and customs officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51713/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (30 Sep 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Everyone in the House agrees it is important for commuters and people using public transport to feel safe. That is why I welcome the commitment in the programme for Government to the creation of a transport security force under the NTA. I am also aware this will require a legislative basis and funding. Could the Minister give us some indication of when this will be rolled out? When will...