Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the annual tax saver transport tickets due to expire on 30 April 2021 by the duration of level 5 restrictions to compensate annual tax saver ticket users in order to enable use when fully safe to do so when restrictions are eased from level 5 in due course (details supplied). [4475/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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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 regulating fares charged by public transport operators. The issues raised by the Deputy concerning the taxsaver initiative are matters for the relevant transport operators in conjunction with the NTA.

I have therefore forwarded the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budgetary analysis being carried out to plan for long Covid-19 impacts in his Department and each State agency under the remit of his Department in tabular form. [4497/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department, in close collaboration with its agencies, continues to monitor and assess the impacts (including financial impacts) across the maritime, land transport, and aviation sectors, all of which have been hugely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In relation to the Department of Transport’s current expenditure, the published Revised Estimates 2021 set out the COVID-19 emergency funding provided to each impacted area, and include a set of metrics for monitoring the performance of the funding over the course of 2021.

In relation to capital investment, the Department and its agencies will be paying close attention to any emerging long term impacts of COVID-19 on travel demand, modal choice, and the distribution of transport journeys across all modes of transport, which may influence transport investment.

In consultation with staff, my Department will design and implement a remote working policy in line with the Civil Service Remote Working Framework that is currently under development. My Department expects to cover the cost of any required PPE from its existing administrative budget.