Written answers
Tuesday, 9 July 2024
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport
133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any plan to introduce free Leap cards for those in emergency homeless accommodation and in international protection in order... - Departmental Funding
134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) in order to reinstate funding for local authorities to tender... - Budget 2025
135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to respond to a pre-Budget 2025 submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29177/24] - Public Transport
136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of the security costs for Irish Rail in each of the years 2019 to 2023. [29234/24] - Artificial Intelligence
138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to Parliamentary... - Departmental Equipment
139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by his Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29307/24] - Road Projects
140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of a pedestrian footbridge over the Owenriff River in Oughterard; the timeframe for the design phase; and if he will... - Bus Éireann
142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of buses in the Bus Éireann PSO fleet as of 25 June 2024; and if he will provide the figures as of 30 June 2022, in... - Road Traffic Accidents
143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fatal and serious road traffic collisions involving learner drivers each year from 2016 to 2023; the number of fatalities... - Driver Licences
144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his agreed approach with the Road Safety Authority to prevent learner permit renewals without sitting a driving test, under action 27 of... - Legislative Programme
148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans on the consolidation of Road Traffic Acts; the proposed date for the consolidated Heads of Bill to be presented to the... - Road Traffic Accidents
149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the Road Safety Authority to publish the complete data on the number of serious injury road traffic collisions, to... - Driver Licences
150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the success rate of the system used for mutual recognition of disqualified drivers between the UK and Ireland; to provide an... - Road Safety Authority
151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to abolish the current system used by the Road Safety Authority requesting disqualified drivers to surrender their licences by... - Driver Licences
152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, following his statement in 2023 announcing that an organisation (details supplied) will be populated with verified driver numbers... - Insurance Coverage
153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport following a reply to a PQ raised in March 2023, if the insurance details of the 257,320 fleet and motor trader vehicles have been... - Motor Industry
154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of car sales, by county, from 2020 to date in 2024, distinguishing full-EV, hybrid-EV and fossil fuel combustion engines, in... - Bus Services
155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of removing fares for all Dublin Bus journeys; clarifying if this includes recent temporary fare reductions; and if he... - Road Safety
158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with councillors in County Kerry regarding road safety requirements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Public Transport
159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if cash will remain as a form of payment for fares on public transport where there are plans to introduce contactless fare payments by... - Driver Licences
160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason those seeking to convert valid foreign licenses to Irish ones must submit their documents at the beginning of the process,... - Road Projects
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available for infrastructure works to the N22, Macroom to Ballincollig section of road in Cork County; and if he... - Dublin Bus
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and percentage of Dublin Bus fleet that are over ten years old, as of 3 July 2024, in tabular form. [29686/24] - Rail Network
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the initiative to establish a rail service between Navan and Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Road Safety
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport her engagement to date with the National Transport Authority to expand on the safe routes to school programme to increase the number of... - Bus Services
166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date to ensure all services run by Local Link Cork are wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the... - Electric Vehicles
167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on providing an increased number of e-car public charging points for Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement... - Bus Services
169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 15 February 2024, when the changes will come into effect on Bus Éireann route 243... - Road Projects
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the expenditure, over each of the past ten years, on the draft plans for a proposed road scheme (details supplied); the... - Legislative Programme
171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has read a recent paper (details supplied); if he accepts that the patchwork of primary and secondary legislation on road safety... - Bus Services
172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the provision of the new L14, L15, L1 and L2 local bus routes in Wicklow; when the new routes will start operating; and... - Public Sector Pensions
174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of the pension entitlements of former employees of a... - Driver Licences
175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has made any progress regarding the mutual recognition of heavy goods vehicle driving licences with Argentina. [29970/24] - Departmental Communications
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by his Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and, if...
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