Questions

379. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will review the current access policy at the Bus Éireann depot in Drogheda, County Louth, which currently prohibits taxi access; if he is aware that the depot is located at the junction of two main roads and requires passengers including elderly individuals and those with mobility issues to cross at least one of these busy roads while carryi…

380. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to reintroduce catering services to Irish Rail trains running from Tralee to Dublin, as is the case with the Cork to Dublin route, and which has been unavailable since Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18989/25]

381. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport his views on introducing a flexible and practical system for recognising commercial truck and machinery licences issued in New Zealand, particularly in cases where an Irish licence holder has resided abroad for more than 10 years; if he will review the possibility of a competency or theory test pathway, similar to the system in New Zealand, for individuals see…

382. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide clarity on the delivery of a multi-storey car park at Portmarnock train station; the reason the project has not been advanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19008/25]

383. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide for a breakdown of the number of schools in Carlow that applied for funding under the safe routes to school scheme; the number that have been successful; and the number of those schools that have outstanding work yet to be completed. [19012/25]

384. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Transport in view of the length of time learners are waiting for a driving test, if there are plans to allow licence recognition for returning Irish citizens and/or new residents from countries such as the US and Canada, where there are no reciprocal licensing agreements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19071/25]

385. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Transport his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19106/25]

386. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport the amount in motor tax revenue collected in Meath in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [19109/25]

387. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the number of EV charging spaces available at all local authority offices, broken down by location, the provider in each instance of the charging infrastructure and whether the spaces are open to members of the public, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19110/25]

388. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport the current wait time for driving tests in the driving test centres in Meath; the wait time for re-tests; the number of people currently awaiting tests in Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19111/25]

389. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport for an update on funding for the west Dublin orbital route. [19114/25]

390. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if his Department expects to be ready to provide motor insurers with a real-time view of data on disqualified drivers, held on the driver file database, in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19136/25]

391. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to commence the relevant sections of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 which amended parts of the Road Traffic Act 2014, to allow motor insurers, for the purpose of issuing or renewing insurance policies, access to real-time data on endorsements including disqualifications, held on the driver file record database; and if he will make a statement o…

392. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide a progress report from his engagements with organisations (details supplied) to implement the access to real-time disqualification data for insurers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19138/25]

393. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if the driving disqualification court order information sent from the Courts Service to the National Driving Licence Service (NDLS) can only be endorsed automatically onto the driver file record database, where a driver number has been included in the order, and matches a driver record on the NVDF; the length of time that those that cannot be matched to the dri…

394. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 1 April 2025, if the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) holds the driver number and disqualification status of all drivers in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19140/25]

395. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to confirm that from March 2025, the nightly file from his Department to An Garda Siochána includes the disqualification status of every driving licence and includes the driver number; if the information is provided with a real-time view of the driving licence status, to be used by frontline Gardaí on mobility devices at the roadside; and if he will make a stat…

396. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 1 April 2025, the number of Irish licence holders included in the 'shell' record figures he supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19142/25]

397. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of commercial fleet owners that have provided the relevant driver number or numbers when applying for or renewing a vehicle insurance policy under the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 enacted on 31 March 2025; the number that have failed to provide this unique driver number of all drivers to be named on a policy; the number that were refused insurance…

398. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, grant, loans or paymen…

399. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons waiting for a driving test; and the number of persons waiting for a theory test in County Cork, by test centre, in tabular form. [19239/25]

400. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport the average waiting time for a driving test in Ballincollig and Sarsfield Road test centres in Cork; the number of persons waiting for less than 3 months, for 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months, 12-18 months, 18-24 months, and for over 24 months, in tabular form. [19240/25]

401. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport the average waiting time for a theory test in test centres in Cork; and the number of persons waiting for less than 3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months, 12-18 months, 18-24 months and for over 24 months, in tabular form. [19241/25]

402. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19355/25]

403. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport whether the Road Safety Authority has provided clarity on its recommendations for the division of its operations into two groups; and specifically, what the role and objectives of the 'Advocacy' group are in promoting road safety in the country. [19372/25]