Written answers

Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

 
  • Electric Vehicles
    262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to install an EV charger in Chapelizod. [15683/25]
  • Military Aircraft
    263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress of the examination of the legal and policy implications of the provisions of the Air Navigation and...
  • Driver Licences
    264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner permit holders disqualified in 2024 and to date in 2025, by county; the number that surrendered their learner...
  • Military Aircraft
    266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of exemptions granted under Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989 to...
  • Driver Licences
    268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he is aware of any policy change in the issuing of drivers’ licences which has resulted in licence holders whose place of...
  • Rail Network
    269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the provision of capital funding to enable the development of a second platform at Clara train station in County...
  • Road Projects
    270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated, per kilometre, to each national primary road in the country during the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he...
  • Public Sector Pensions
    274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position on the decision of the CIÉ executive board in 2009 not to grant further increases to CIÉ pensioners, in...
  • School Transport
    275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 5 February 2025, if he has engaged with the Minister of Education and Bus Éireann on...
  • Common Travel Area
    276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to paragraph 8 of the Memorandum of Understanding between the British and Irish Governments concerning the Common Travel Area and...
  • Road Projects
    277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if emergency funding will be provided to Tipperary County Council to carry out urgent road repairs, ensuring that an important sporting...
  • Bus Services
    278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the results of the recent BusConnects consultation will be completed; when the outcomes will be published; and if he will make a...
  • Public Transport
    281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the challenges faced by persons with debilitating conditions who are wheelchair users and who are...
  • Departmental Data
    282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of flights diverted to Shannon Airport for medical reasons, each year from 2020 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Driver Licences
    283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is liaising with insurance industry representatives to ensure the timely commencement of insurance related provisions...
  • Taxi Regulations
    293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the maximum permissible age of all taxis impacted by the Covid pandemic by two years, as was done for those registered...
  • Road Projects
    294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be provided to assist people upgrading roads through the CIS scheme in Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will...
  • Driver Test
    295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proportion of the 72,000 applicants on the waiting list for a driving test which are waiting for tests in each testing centre, in...
  • Taxi Regulations
    296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a timeline for extending the ten-year vehicle limit for taxis registered in 2015; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Noise Pollution
    297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the proposed interdepartmental committee has been established to source funding options for implementing noise mitigation action plans...
  • Taxi Regulations
    298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the ten-year vehicle limit for taxis registered in 2015 has been granted, following indications in Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 4...
  • Road Projects
    299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the contract for the new M28 motorway will be signed and awarded; the value of the contract; and the duration of the construction...
  • Driver Licences
    300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if steps are being taken to establish a reciprocal drivers' licence exchange agreement with the United States of America, given the large...
  • Driver Test
    301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applicants that have not shown up for driving tests in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [15435/25]
  • Bus Services
    302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the provision of a dedicated student bus service from Dublin city centre to UCD and the surrounding accommodation in...
  • Road Safety
    304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details regarding the use of 'near-miss technology' for monitoring accidents on Irish roads; and if he will make a statement...
  • Active Travel
    305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a breakdown of the amount allocated to each local authority for active travel measures in each of the years 2021 and 2024; the amount...
  • Rail Network
    306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the reopening process and timeline of Kilmallock train station, given its specific mention in first draft of the all-island...
  • Airport Policy
    307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the number of inspections of civil aircraft carrying munitions of war that took place in Ireland since January 2024; and if...
  • Greenways Provision
    308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of the proposed West Clare Railway Greenway between Kilrush to Kilkee (Section 1), Ennis to Ennistymon...
  • Public Service Obligation
    309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will provide financial support to Shannon Airport Group to establish a route to Amsterdam under a Public Service...
  • Driver Licences
    310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the average waiting times for each National Driver Licence Service centre in Ireland on 31 December 2023 and on 31 December...
  • Road Projects
    311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that has been allocated to the national roads in County Clare for the years 2019 to 2024, by road number and by the following...
  • Driver Test
    312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting time for driving tests in Mallow; the actions his Department is taking to reduce the unacceptable waiting time for driving...
  • Airport Policy
    313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of applicants for exemptions to permit the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft from Irish-register...
  • Public Service Obligation
    314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a timeline for the extension of free child fares on public service obligation services to children aged five to eight...
  • Bus Services
    315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Transport Authority's survey of bus movements and travel patterns for Nenagh town commenced and will be completed as...
  • Driver Licences
    317. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends to decide on whether Ukrainian drivers can still avail of free or subsidized CPC training; and if he will make a...
  • Official Engagements
    318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had a meeting with the CEO of CIÉ since taking up his position as Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Public Sector Pensions
    319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the last increase in pensions payment was awarded on 1 July 2008, at 5.06% in the 1951 pensions scheme for staff who...
  • Renewable Energy Generation
    321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the potential fraud involved in the use of used cooking oil and palm oil effluent as products in renewable fuels, and...
  • Road Safety
    323. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on what proactive measures are being implemented to address the increasing prevalence of speeding e-scooters and...
  • Driver Licences
    324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received to exchange driving licences from other states received in each month since January 2020, including...
  • Departmental Correspondence
    327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a query raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15806/25]

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