Written answers
Wednesday, 10 February 2021
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Licences
103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for asylum seekers to obtain a driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6333/21] - Brexit Issues
105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has reviewed the situation regarding travel and connectivity with Europe in view of Brexit realities given that there... - Ports Development
106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if facilities at Dublin Port will be improved given that TII does not have adequate facilities for drivers, particularly for the volume... - Covid-19 Tests
107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the tendering process for the antigen testing process for hauliers accessing Irish ports to travel to France; if consideration will be... - Driver Licences
108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the BE classification has been removed from certain driver licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific measures he plans to put in place for travel agents who not only lost their business in 2020 but went to considerable... - Road Network
110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the options for development of the proposed Narrow Water Bridge between counties Louth and Down; and if he will make a... - Driver Test
111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver test examiners; the number of driver tests passed and failed in 2020; the age of those least likely to hold a full... - Córas Iompair Éireann
112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason there has been no increase in CIÉ pensions since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6456/21] - Driver Licences
113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver licence expiry extension for a person (details supplied); and the way in which the person can apply for an... - Driver Test
114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding driver testing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6476/21] - Appointments to State Boards
115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a new chairperson will be appointed to the Shannon Airport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6489/21] - Driver Licences
116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6493/21] - Road Safety Authority
117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the RSA website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6497/21] - Rail Network
118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade existing railway track to new bigger sleepers and rails to assist the speed and safety of trains; if the relaying... - Taxi Regulations
119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the National Transport Authority taxi model report database is not regularly updated (details supplied); if this database will... - Motor Tax
120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to lower the cost of road tax in 2021 given the reduction in car and road usage during the Covid-19 pandemic as a result of... - Covid-19 Pandemic
121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) has decided not to proceed with the next transport... - Irish Aviation Authority
122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the background and the processes involved regarding the recent appointment of a person (details supplied) as interim chairman of the... - Driver Test
126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the level of service being provided by the RSA to learner drivers and those seeking to renew licences during the... - Driver Licences
127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver licence renewal application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6544/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a situation whereby driving schools have been instructed to give lessons only to essential workers... - Driver Licences
129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a method for Irish persons living abroad who do not have a public services card to apply for a driver licence or to renew... - Rail Network
130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated amount it would cost Iarnród Éireann if the number of contracted security staff increased by a further 40% based... - Dublin Bus
131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the subsidy for Dublin Bus is calculated; if it is based on the number of buses that are intended to be run rather than... - Bus Éireann
132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average age of the Bus Éireann fleet in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6667/21] - Driver Licences
133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a renewal driver licence will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the... - Road Safety Authority
134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the pilot programme by the Road Safety Authority to examine whether theory tests can be taken remotely and online; if the... - Covid-19 Tests
135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanism whereby a person who has recovered from Covid-19 but who would still test positive to a PCR test can travel; and if he will... - Rail Network
136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to undertaking a feasibility study of the railway line from Navan to Kingscourt, County Cavan; and if he... - Road Projects
137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the east-west link road project which is urgently needed in the north east; the most recent engagements his Department has... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding supports being made available to private bus operators during Covid-19 that employ significant numbers of persons locally; if... - National Driver Licensing Service
139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which National Driver Licensing Service centres are operating during Covid-19 (details supplied); if he will provide clarity... - Driver Test
140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons on waiting lists for driver tests in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath and nationwide, to date; the length of time... - Motor Tax
141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding motor tax payments for those who have been cocooning due to Covid-19; the rebate options open to them; and the... - Driver Licences
142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if plans are in train to make it mandatory for learner permit holders to sit a test and demonstrate proof they have failed before they... - National Driver Licensing Service
143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times drivers have failed to attend for a scheduled driver test at NDLS centres in 2019 and 2020; the impact this had on... - Road Projects
144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the construction of the N22 Baile Bhuirne to Macroom, County Cork, road development; if the project is progressing on... - Airport Passenger Data
145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers departing Ireland from Dublin, Cork or Shannon airports for a location in the EU (details supplied) in each week... - EU Issues
146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made with the European Commission to introduce an airport charges rebate scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Driver Licences
147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person is still insured to drive while waiting for a licence renewal in circumstances in which a renewal is being processed which is... - Rail Network
148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the tender for the expected new DART carriages is due to be signed; when he is expecting delivery of these carriages; and if he will... - Transport Policy
149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made in implementing the Taxi Advisory Committee’s report and key recommendations of July 2020; the status of the... - Road Safety
150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review or amend the national guidelines for setting and managing speed limits in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to support the aviation sector in Ireland; the supports that have been issued to Irish airlines; the engagement... - Coast Guard Service
152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand the Irish Coast Guard station in Howth, County Dublin; if plans for the leasing of the land by the Department of... - Covid-19 Pandemic
153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given consideration to a declaration signed by several Ministers for Transport in the EU calling for certain measures to be... - Driver Test
155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get a driver test given that they are an essential worker. [7009/21] - Shannon Airport Facilities
156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 3 February 2021, if his Department was informed of the number of US military personnel on... - Driver Licences
157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner permit holders disqualified in court in 2018, 2019 and up to 31 October 2020; the agency responsible for informing... - Road Safety
159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and details of action plans in the road safety strategy 2013-20 that were not completed by the end of 2020; when he plans to... - Driver Licences
160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedure used by the Road Safety Authority, RSA, to renew a learner permit when a learner driver has been disqualified and their... - Legislative Reviews
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a request (details supplied) with regard to the registration of Euro 6 step C vehicles; and if he will make a... - Bus Éireann
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason new buses being supplied or contracted to Bus Éireann no longer have the capacity to accept bicycles in their storage... - Local Authority Funding
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is available to local authorities to conduct universal design walkability audits, particularly in reference to participant... - Transport Infrastructure Ireland
166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the employment status of persons working for a company (details supplied) following the awarding of the contract for the operation of the... - Driver Licences
167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7205/21] - Land Development Agency
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with the Land Development Agency with regard to the Coonagh-Knockalisheen Road and Moyross, County Limerick;... - Trans European Transport Network Programme
174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress of the County Donegal Trans-European Transport Network, TEN-T, project; when persons can be informed as to when... - Road Projects
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding for works to the Blackglen Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7285/21] - Road Safety
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a proposed reduction to the speed limit on the N60 as it passes through Breaffy Village, County Mayo; the reason for the... - Driver Licences
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the driver licence of a person (details supplied) has been extended and is valid. [7298/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reinstate driver lessons under current restrictions for more than just essential workers or those with an appointment for a... - Driver Licences
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied). [7305/21] - Road Safety
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department evaluated the safety of mobile phone applications that track human activity, such as an application (details supplied)... - Driver Licences
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to include in the exchange of all category D1 and D1E UK driver licences to Irish driver licences those with code 1 and code...
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