Written answers
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Licences
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the length of time an applicant (details supplied) can expect to continue to wait for a retest for a driving licence and if he will... - Rail Network
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider improving the frequencies of the Westport to Dublin train service to a two hourly service similar to Sligo and Galway... - Public Service Obligation
198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider restoring the catering services across all railway networks, including Westport to Dublin, by Public Service... - Taxi Licences
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the previously implemented Covid-related extensions to taxi licence age limits, specifically for vehicles originally reaching... - Road Safety Authority
201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress made in identifying a new permanent site for the RSA test centre in the west of Galway City, which is... - Bus Services
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting times across the State for the walkaround test to complete a driver certificate of professional competence for bus drivers,... - Disability Services
203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale given for mandating that disabled parking permits have a validity length of two years; and if he will make a statement on... - Emergency Services
204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the services he has designated as emergency services for the purposes of the road traffic Acts; and if he will make a statement on the... - Rail Network
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Irish Rail to provide luggage storage lockers at the principal railways stations; and if he will make a statement on... - EU Directives
206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to implement Directive (EU) 2019/1936 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/96/EC... - Transport Costs
207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected cost of a transport development (details supplied); the services envisaged to operate from this facility; the timeline for... - Road Safety Authority
208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the operational status of a test centre (details supplied); when a driving test was last held at this facility; and if... - Public Procurement Contracts
209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public... - Public Private Partnerships
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date... - International Agreements
211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to put in place a bilateral reciprocal driving licence exchange agreement between Ireland and the US; and if he will... - Departmental Data
212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people who entered and exited the State through seaports this year to date and in each of the last five years, in tabular... - Public Transport
213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the free public transport for children under nine years of age as committed to in Budget 2025, will be implemented; and if he will... - Departmental Contracts
214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to... - Departmental Funding
215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding given to each county under the active travel investment programme in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in... - Road Safety Authority
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any assistance is given for people who have limited reading and writing capacity for CPC tests; and if he will make a statement on the... - Bus Éireann
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Bus Éireann to consider adding a stop for the route 2 service from Arklow to Dublin Airport at UCD Belfield; and... - Departmental Data
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the volume of seafarers that applied and were subsequently registered annually by his Departments Mercantile Marine Office in...
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