Written answers

Monday, 8 September 2025

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

 
  • Aviation Industry
    236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to invest in sustainable aviation fuel infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47127/25]
  • Public Transport
    237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of antisocial behaviour incidents reported on public transport services in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and 2024; and if he will...
  • Rail Network
    240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the context of additional funding for MetroLink being provided in the new National Development Plan, the updated estimated date for...
  • Local Authorities
    241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local authorities are required to re advertise the community involvement scheme every two years, including requesting existing...
  • Public Transport
    242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the progress of the review of the large public service vehicle licensing system that his Department are...
  • Bus Services
    243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will introduce a financial support scheme to assist commercial bus operators with the costs of upgrading their...
  • Public Transport
    244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a timeframe on when digital payments will be introduced across all public transport in Ireland; and if he will make a...
  • Rail Network
    245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on plans to support of high speed rail link between Cork and Dublin, in line with the new National...
  • Road Network
    247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the current N28 after the M28 becomes operational in 2028; his plans for a sustainable travel corridor on this route,...
  • Departmental Data
    248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amounts paid to vehicle owners for damage caused to vehicles on public roads from potholes, poor surface and other reasons; the...
  • Coast Guard Service
    249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 26 March 2025, if the review of processes by his Department relative to the Irish coast guard...
  • Public Transport
    250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the creation of a direct route from the M3 Parkway to Connolly station and Pearse station; and if he will make a...
  • Parking Provision
    251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of difficulties in accessing the blue parking badge for people with additional needs who are mobile but cannot walk...
  • Road Safety Authority
    253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the derogatory wording used in RSA advisory materials regarding wheelchair users on public roads (details supplied) will be...
  • Driver Test
    254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new driving testers appointment within the country and per county; to confirm whether these are new testers or whether they...
  • Road Network
    255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a timeline on when he will be upgrading the N2/A5 route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44672/25]
  • National Development Plan
    256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the publication of the National Development Plan, if he will ensure that there is additional funding for road maintenance in...
  • Road Network
    257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to all local authorities for repair and maintenance of regional and local road network, in each year from...
  • Transport Policy
    261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department has integrated planning for shared mobility hubs into metropolitan area transport strategies and other...
  • Aer Lingus
    270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take action to ensure that the pension scheme for retired Aer Lingus workers is restored to its pre-2015 level; if he is aware...
  • Córas Iompair Éireann
    271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to issues in correspondence (details supplied); the actions he will take to restore confidence in...
  • Driver Licences
    272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a person (details supplied) to exchange an overseas driving licence for an Irish licence; and if he will...
  • Córas Iompair Éireann
    273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine details of concerns in relation to CIE’s current pension ballot process (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • State Bodies
    274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received complaints, internal correspondence, or protected disclosures concerning potential breaches of corporate governance,...
  • Bus Services
    279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review correspondence (details supplied); the steps being considered to address the matter raised; and if he will make a...
  • Public Transport
    280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport If he will extend the SPSV licencing period for standard taxi vehicles first registered in 2016, as due to prior extensions given to...
  • Bus Services
    281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine the case for additional bus stop at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44846/25]
  • Electric Vehicles
    282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether planning guidelines will be updated to allow the installation of private chargers, for an on-street or public parking space, for...
  • Transport Policy
    283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide statistics on the number of major national or regional transport projects currently delayed due to judicial reviews;...
  • Public Transport
    284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to urgently re-examine the need for a foot bridge connecting Killarney Railway station and Killarney Bus station (details supplied); and...
  • Driver Licences
    285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers disqualified in court, by month, to date in 2025; the number who failed to surrender their licence/learner permit...
  • Aviation Industry
    286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sustainable aviation fuel policy roadmap will be published given its importance in supporting decarbonisation efforts across the...
  • Córas Iompair Éireann
    287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department will take to ensure that a fully quorate representative committee, constituted strictly in accordance with the...
  • Public Transport
    290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of extending the young adult travel card at the current 50% discount for the 26-29 (inclusive) year old age cohort;...
  • Dublin Bus
    292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if new double decker buses being procured by Dublin Bus will have adequate floor space on the ground floor for two wheelchairs; and if he...
  • Departmental Policies
    293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on his proposals to revise the National Aviation Policy, as per the Programme for Government; the timeline for this; and at...
  • Departmental Strategies
    294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will publish its Demand Management Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45062/25]
  • Bus Services
    295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide clarity on planning dimensions for a footpath under BusConnects (details supplied). [45144/25]
  • Public Transport
    296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the commitment announced in budget 2025 to provide free public transport for children under nine years of age will be implemented....
  • Departmental Properties
    297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of all unused properties, lands and buildings, under the ownership or control of his Department within County Kerry;...
  • Public Transport
    298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost incurred by his Department and TII in 2024 and to date in 2025, for the repair and maintenance of the national road and...
  • Road Network
    299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allocate the necessary funding to upgrade the N72 road between Fermoy, County Cork and Tallow, County Waterford; and if he...
  • Driver Licences
    300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of disqualifications imposed on Irish licence holders in 2024 and to date in 2025 that were not possible to enforce as no...
  • Bus Services
    303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the plans for the 15a bus service to be cancelled, affecting many people along the route; and if he will request his...
  • Córas Iompair Éireann
    304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason widows and orphans were omitted from the CIÉ regular wage scheme from 1945 until 2003; his views on the assertion by some...
  • Active Travel
    305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the cycle lane on route R448, Moone to Timolin, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45293/25]
  • Road Projects
    306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the locations of cycle lanes provided, or under construction, by TII since the beginning of 2025; the cost of these lanes; and if he will...
  • Active Travel
    307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the safety guidelines in use for the provision of cycle lanes in the State; when these regulations were last updated; and if he will make...
  • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
    308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the original allocations and payments made by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to local authorities for national roads from 2020 to date...
  • Parking Provision
    311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the most recent time Irish Rail marked and or resurfaced the carpark to the front of a station (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Greenways Provision
    312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of funding allocated to greenways in each of the years 2020 to 2025, by county, in tabular form. [45365/25]
  • Transport Policy
    315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial supports available to taxi drivers, particularly taxi drivers renting their vehicles and wishing to purchase their own...
  • Driver Test
    316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting times for driving tests in each centre in counties Longford and Westmeath; and the number of applicants currently...
  • Greenways Provision
    318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to support a request by Kerry County Council to Transport Infrastructure Ireland to allocate a sustainability payment to the farmers and...
  • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
    319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Transport Infrastructure Ireland to reply to queries from Kerry County Council and public representatives in Kerry,...
  • Road Projects
    320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the NTA funding profile if the Lehenaghmore Road improvement scheme, by quarter through completion; the KPI targets for...
  • Bus Services
    321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected ridership in year one of the TFI Local Link route 530, Fermoy to Mallow starting 18 August and route 255 Kinsale to Cork...
  • Dublin Airport Authority
    324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ensure that full compliance by the DAA will be adhered to with north runway planning conditions (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Road Projects
    325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the route selection report for the N24 Waterford to Cahir scheme will be published given it was due to be published in Quarter 2...
  • Aviation Industry
    326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of commercial flights that departed from each of the airports in Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Knock and Kerry in 2023 and 2024; and...
  • Public Transport
    327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure the leap card is available via mobile phones into the future. [45689/25]
  • Emergency Services
    328. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the amended contract arrangements for standby crews, to active on-duty search and rescue, under the...
  • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
    329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the outcome of the review of the national development plan, will TII provide details of schemes that can be progressed over...
  • Córas Iompair Éireann
    330. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of CIÉ habitual properties in County Kilkenny; the number being resided in; the number that are vacant; and if he will...
  • Road Network
    334. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the second phase of the proposed speed limit changes will be introduced, including the introduction of a 30km/h speed limit in urban...
  • Electric Vehicles
    335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider running a kerb charger pilot to enable people who do not have driveways to safely charge their electric cars. [45843/25]
  • Driver Test
    336. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average waiting time for a driving test with an Irish-speaking tester in County Meath; the corresponding average wait times...
  • Driver Licences
    337. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of PPS numbers lost or misplaced by the National Driver Licence Service over the past 20 years; the measures in place to...
  • Taxi Regulations
    338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the lack of standardisation in how taxis accept payment (details supplied); if a standardisation...
  • Airport Policy
    339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of exemptions he has granted this year for the landing of Lufthansa aircraft carrying munitions of war at Dublin Airport under...
  • Road Network
    340. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocations of funding for roads and infrastructure maintenance for each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Bus Services
    342. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to address the phenomena of ‘ghost buses’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46005/25]
  • Public Transport
    343. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of ongoing problems with the TFI app (details supplied); the measures he is taking to address these issues; and if he will...
  • Córas Iompair Éireann
    344. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding the voting system that recently took place in relation to a pension scheme for a State agency (details supplied)...
  • Departmental Data
    345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the percentage of appeals granted by the Dublin Street Parking Services and the NTA, in tabular form. [46032/25]
  • Bus Services
    346. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm that the proposed 81 bus route, which will replace the existing 15A route, will be rolled out in conjunction with the...
  • Driver Test
    348. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting times for availing of a driving test at the various test centres nationwide as of the 1 August 2025, in tabular form;...
  • Bus Services
    349. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Driver Test
    351. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applicants currently waiting to sit the bus driving test in County Meath and nationwide; the average waiting time for...
  • Rail Network
    352. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nature of the refurbishment works that were carried out at Drumcondra train station in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular...
  • Airport Policy
    354. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding for the development of Waterford airport and the timeframe for funding; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Driver Test
    355. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner drivers that failed to show for their scheduled driving test appointment in July 2025 and August 2025, by driving...
  • Cycling Facilities
    356. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the model of bike share scheme he will introduce to replace the TFI bike scheme in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Traffic Management
    357. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether funding is available for traffic calming measures at a location (details supplied). [46290/25]
  • Cycling Facilities
    359. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide assurances that the Cork city bikes scheme will remain publicly accountable and accessible to all users, particularly...
  • Public Transport
    363. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport , if he will contact the NTA regarding introducing a shuttle service between local suburbs in the Kinsealy, Malahide area and the...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    367. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form....
  • Bus Éireann
    368. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of cases in which Bus Éireann services are skipping stops in smaller villages along their route where the bus is...
  • Commercial Rates
    369. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the details and addresses of all properties in the ownership of the Department that are absolved from paying commercial rates...
  • Cycling Policy
    370. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify the shared transport mobility hub which will replace the TFI bike scheme in Cork; how this will operate in practice; the...
  • Public Sector Pensions
    371. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on an organisation (details supplied). [46487/25]
  • Cycling Facilities
    374. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Glanmire to Cork city cycle route phase 2; if a contract has been awarded; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Energy Conservation
    375. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the eligibility criteria for the residential insulation grant scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Rail Network
    376. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff employed on 1 September 2025 at McDonagh train station, Kilkenny; the number of staff employed on 1 September 2020;...
  • Bus Services
    377. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on NTA and Bus Éireann punctuality and planned service changes for Routes 223-225 and associated local link additions; and...
  • Cycling Policy
    378. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new arrangements and contracts for the city bike scheme that operates in Cork city; the reason for changing the arrangements of the...
  • Ports Policy
    379. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with Dublin Port Company on the Alexandra Basin Redevelopment project, particularly regarding the proposed...
  • Bus Éireann
    381. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an additional bus stop at a location (details supplied) on Bus Eireann Route No. 40; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Electric Vehicles
    382. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will consider the introduction of a grant scheme to assist car-share and car-rental operators in acquiring ZE vehicles....
  • Public Transport
    383. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when free travel for children under nine years of age is expected to be implemented. [46695/25]
  • Coast Guard Service
    384. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital budget allocation for the Irish Coast Guard in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [46721/25]
  • Road Projects
    386. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement that took place between Kildare County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland in relation to the provision of cycle...
  • Bus Services
    388. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is planning to deliver an additional town bus for Carlow Town, CW 3; when it will be delivered and operational; the...
  • Haulage Industry
    390. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in light of significant truck driver shortages reported in Cork, up to 40 vacancies locally, the measures that will be taken to...
  • Cycling Policy
    391. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the decision to end the TFI bike share programme in Cork city; his plans to replace the scheme; and if he will make a...
  • Road Safety
    393. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations in place that set the national standards for pedestrian crossings; if any of these standards could preclude the design of...
  • Emergency Services
    394. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason search and rescue crew members, who perform duties for a continuous 24-hour period, have their recorded working hours reduced...
  • Bus Services
    395. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to urgently address the situation for commercial bus operators (details supplied) and allow for the expansion of free fares on State-run...
  • Public Transport
    396. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the free travel scheme for children under nine-years of age, which was announced in Budget 2025, does not apply to Irish Rail...
  • Bus Services
    397. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider increasing the frequency of a bus service both to and from the Dublin city centre (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Public Transport
    398. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific date of implementation for free public transport for children under nine-years of age; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Bus Services
    400. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will fund the installation of a next bus display indicator screen at Dublin Bus pole number 6320; and...
  • Road Projects
    401. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of any engagement between his Department and Clare county council between 2017 and to date in 2025 in relation to progressing...
  • Rail Network
    402. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers carried by Iarnród Éireann on the Ennis-Limerick-Ennis and Ennis-Galway-Ennis services in 2025 to...
  • National Car Test
    403. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average wait time for a national car test (NCT) at each NCT centres across Ireland in August 2024 and in August 2025, in tabular...
  • Public Transport
    404. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the progress of rural public transport initiatives in County Clare, including bus and rail services. [46967/25]
  • Departmental Correspondence
    405. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46975/25]
  • Driver Licences
    406. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to simplify the process for Irish and US citizens to exchange driver’s licences without the need for...
  • School Transport
    407. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the new taskforce for school transport will examine investing in the purchase of an adequate number of school buses; if training will...
  • Public Transport
    408. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on progress made in terms of introducing free public transport for children under the age of nine, as announced in Budget...
  • Public Sector Pensions
    409. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence received from workers at Irish Rail (details supplied) regarding matters pertaining to the CIE superannuation...
  • Rail Network
    410. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a detailed breakdown of the factors contributing to the €41 million cost overrun in the national train control centre...
  • Legislative Measures
    415. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the Horse-Drawn Carriages Bill; when it will be presented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47077/25]
  • Public Transport
    416. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the process of implementing the public transport security force referenced in the Programme for Government; and if he...
  • Road Safety
    417. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has concerns about the future impact on road safety standards arising from Paragraph 8 of the Joint Statement on a United...
  • Airport Policy
    418. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the deployment of counter-drone technology at Dublin airport, if he will provide a comprehensive account of the number and...
  • Aviation Industry
    421. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the work the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Task Force has undertaken to date; if he will provide the task force’s terms of...
  • EU Presidency
    423. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether sustainable transport and the use of sustainable aviation fuel will be central priorities during Ireland’s upcoming EU...
  • Rail Network
    424. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question 407 of 29 July 2025, if his officials are involved in developing with NTA, Irish Rail, Louth County...
  • Bus Services
    425. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of Dublin Bus or Go-Ahead routes, other than the 33 service, which originate outside Dublin city zone 1; and if...
  • Public Transport
    426. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the zoning structure for Dublin bus and rail services to ensure fairness for commuters living in outer suburban or...
  • Rail Network
    427. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is appropriate funding for the Northern commuter rail line to be electrified all the way to Drogheda; the expected timeline for...
  • Ports Policy
    431. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the fuel storage capacity for marine and ground fuels for each Tier-1 and Tier-2 ports; the availability of tugs, emergency power and...
  • Emergency Services
    432. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Irish Coast Guard’s search and rescue response-time performance and aircraft availability for each of the past three years;...
  • Ports Policy
    433. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Tier-1 and Tier-2 ports that have been assessed for hosting or serving an electric arc furnace and scrap pre-processing facility; the...
  • Driver Test
    434. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of those currently waiting for Cat C, Cat C1, and Cat BE testing in all test centres in County Clare; the number tested in...
  • Public Transport
    435. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of implementation for free bus transport for children under-9 years; if he will consider including commercial bus operators in...
  • Bus Services
    436. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has engaged with commercial bus operators and considered their inclusion in future fare reduction schemes; and if he...
  • Public Transport
    437. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration was given to extending the new child 5–8 Leap card beyond eight years of age; and the reasoning behind choosing...
  • Transport Policy
    438. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of the review of key programmes and projects in the transport sector in the context of the capital funding envelope;...
  • Public Transport
    439. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the number Leap card validators at Broombridge Luas and rail access points to cut down on queuing; and if he will make a...
  • Bus Services
    440. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on increasing bus and rail services in Dublin west for winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47275/25]
  • Public Transport
    444. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the implementation of contactless payment systems on public transport as committed to in the Programme for...
  • Driver Test
    446. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason driving test centre waiting times (details supplied) are lagging behind the national average of 10.4 weeks; and if he will...
  • Haulage Industry
    449. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that will be introduced to assist in the recruitment and retention of lorry drivers for the haulage industry; and if he will...
  • Driver Test
    450. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that will be implemented to reduce waiting times for applicants seeking driving tests for heavy goods vehicles; and if he...
  • Public Transport
    451. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of Leap card fare revenue collected in each year since 2016 across all TFI services in respect of credit on cards that was...
  • Capital Expenditure Programme
    453. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 29 July 2025, if he will instruct the bodies under his aegis to provide the information...
  • Greenways Provision
    455. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the proposed development of a greenway at Shannonbridge, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Road Projects
    456. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made on the A5 upgrade project, including funding commitments from both jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Rail Network
    457. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected timeframe for delivery of MetroLink; the current status of the planning process; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Greenways Provision
    460. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Carlingford Lough Greenway completion (cross-border boardwalk near Newry), including funding drawdown, agreed delivery...
  • Electric Vehicles
    461. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the all-island sports club EV charging programme, including the number of sites approved, grant terms, interoperability...
  • Bus Services
    462. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a grant application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47485/25]
  • Public Transport
    463. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual cost of maintaining wheelchair access in train stations and other public transport infrastructure, in particular with respect...
  • Rail Network
    465. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress on establishing strategic spares for the rail network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47965/25]

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