Written answers

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

 
  • Public Transport
    242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with the NTA prior to the renewal of a service contract for a company (details supplied) to discuss performance-related...
  • Bus Services
    243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will liaise with the NTA in relation to either establishing a new bus stop or moving the current Citylink stop in Newcastle to the...
  • Road Safety
    244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the guidance document on the new Government policy on speed limits in towns and city centres will be available to local authorities...
  • Public Transport
    245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the Taxsaver increases for Kildare commuters following the introduction of the Dublin commuter zone; and if he will make a...
  • Road Projects
    246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the provision of a new bridge to replace the existing Lennox bridge which connects Kinlough in County Leitrim to...
  • Public Procurement Contracts
    247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit also has a...
  • Departmental Staff
    248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff within his Department and its agencies who hold a formal procurement qualification or certification (for example,...
  • Public Procurement Contracts
    249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and each agency or public body under its remit uses a formal contract management system or procurement tracking...
  • Driver Test
    250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied). [33697/25]
  • Road Projects
    251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a road project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33776/25]
  • Transport Policy
    252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he will consider legislating to facilitate the use of bioptic telescopes for driving by individuals with visual impairments....
  • Road Safety
    253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct Meath County Council to introduce road safety measures at a location (details supplied) which has seen four road...
  • Departmental Reports
    254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his Department over...
  • Driver Licences
    255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support a simplified mechanism in which Ireland will recognise and allow an exchange of US driving licences for an Irish...
  • Dublin Bus
    258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of revenue generated through advertisement on the sides and rear of the Dublin Bus fleet in the years of 2024 and to date in...
  • Bus Services
    259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Busáras in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the future...
  • Cycling Policy
    260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason representative organisations (details supplied) have not yet been contacted regarding the disability-proofing of the National...
  • Transport Policy
    261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the recommendations he is considering under the Climate Change Advisory Council’s recent Transport Review; and if he will make a...
  • Departmental Projects
    262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the...
  • Electric Vehicles
    263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recommendation from an organisation (details supplied) to increase the uptake of battery electric vehicles, by...
  • Bus Services
    264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to make provision for commercial testing for bus drivers as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34015/25]
  • Transport Policy
    265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his plans to develop a new scheme to support people with disabilities to access personal transport; and if he will...
  • Road Network
    267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for increasing funding for the protection and renewal of the rural road network to resolve road maintenance backlogs; and if he...
  • Road Projects
    268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the new N22 between Ovens and Macroom can be prioritised in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Electric Vehicles
    269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce on street EV charging infrastructure. [30251/25]
  • Bus Services
    270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine the case for the establishment of a new bus stop in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Public Transport
    271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on how he has progressed the commissioning of a preferred route for the proposed Luas extension to Poolbeg since taking...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of funding his Department or agencies under its aegis have provided to each local authority in each of the past five...
  • Bus Services
    273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of concerns within local authorities regarding the provision of capital funding for bus stops without providing...
  • Rail Network
    274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is next scheduled to meet the Iarnród Eireann CEO. [34261/25]
  • Road Projects
    275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding for phase three and four of the PANCR project in County Louth given phase two is due to commence shortly. [34275/25]
  • Transport Policy
    276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with an organisation (details supplied) regarding its pre-Budget 2026 submission; if his Department has assessed the merit...
  • Road Safety
    278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has recently engaged with the Road Safety Authority in respect of any new large-scale public information campaign that could be...
  • Driver Test
    279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the lack of resources for bus and truck driver testing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Driver Licences
    280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a case (details supplied) regarding a driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34305/25]
  • Electric Vehicles
    281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to examine the current EV grant system and the introduction of additional incentives to encourage the uptake of EVs; and if he...
  • National Car Test
    282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the impact on car dealerships in getting dates from the NCT service for their vehicles within a reasonable timeframe;...
  • Electric Vehicles
    283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the possible roll out of the taxi EV grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34338/25]
  • Public Transport
    284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the work of his Department, in conjunction with the NTA, on identifying the necessary legislative proposals to progress...
  • Transport Policy
    285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will publish the 'National Policy Statement on Shared Mobility and the related Development of Hubs'; and if he will make a...
  • Electric Vehicles
    287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on his Department's work in developing a new national EV infrastructure strategy; and if he will make a statement on the...

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