101. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that local authorities such as South Dublin County Council are installing tighter junctions (details supplied); to outline whether the process for ascertaining the average width of a vehicle could be upgraded to current car sizes; to recommend that agencies under his remit specify that site meetings need to be held if requested when suc…
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102. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm whether all mechanics currently employed or contracted by public bodies, local authorities, or State-funded companies to maintain and service heavy-duty mechanically propelled vehicles possess the specific qualifications required under Irish and EU law to work on such vehicles; if he will outline the minimum legal and regulatory requirements …
103. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to compensate commercial bus operators affected by the cross-over or duplication of bus service routes provided by the NTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27971/25]
104. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide the number of dedicated parking spaces for coaches introduced across local authority areas in 2022, 2023, 2024; the planned numbers to be introduced for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27972/25]
105. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide data on the number of people who have availed of free fares under the various fare reduction schemes; the cost of such schemes; the budgetary allocation in 2025 for free fares for children under nine years of age; his plans to extend this to commercial bus operators in 2026; and if he will comment on the effectiveness of these schemes; and if he will…
106. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to outline the funding availability under the alternatively-fuelled heavy duty vehicle grant purchase scheme specifically made available for bus and coach purchases in the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and any allocations planned for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27974/25]
107. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the use of third-party apps to secure driving test cancellations; the steps being taken to improve the efficiency and equity of the booking system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27975/25]
108. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the proposed new grant-based scheme to replace the disabled passengers scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27976/25]
109. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if consideration will be given to a travel issue concerning travel from a Killarney train station to the bus station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28067/25]
110. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to consider all proposal to address the issue of transferring from Killarney Railway Station to Killarney Bus Station and vice versa (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28068/25]
111. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the total funding allocated for the Dublin Metro for 2026 in the expenditure projection in the Annual Progress Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28077/25]
112. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the reasons Dublin Bus has not added any buses to its fleet in 2025, whether that be diesel, hybrid, or electric; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28088/25]
113. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated the cost to end the Dublin bikes contract with a company (details supplied) and provide the funding directly from the Exchequer. [28209/25]
114. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the capital funding that has been provided to prepare Ireland’s ports for ORE in each of the years 2020 to 2024, and to date in 2025. [28210/25]
115. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he has examined the report submitted to his office prior to 19 March 2025 from the NDIS transport working group, recommending that the DDS be replaced with a modern, fit for purpose vehicular adaptation scheme, based on need rather than medical criteria; if he has accepted the recommendations therein; and if so, the timeline for development and rolling o…
116. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 14 May 2025, the reason the number of unauthorised or unlawful destructions of personal data by the Revenue Commissioners for each year from 2013 to 2024, in breach of the National Archives Act 1986 and data protection legislation, is not available; if he will confirm whether the number of such destructions exceeded …
117. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 14 May 2025, if he will provide the number of phone call recordings destroyed by the Revenue Commissioners for each year since 2018 without the certified authorisation required under section 7 of the National Archives Act 1986; if he will confirm whether the number of such destructions exceeded 10 million; and if he …
118. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 14 May 2025, if he will confirm whether the pre-recorded message on the Revenue Commissioners’ local property tax helpline in 2024 stated that calls would be recorded and may be used for verification purposes by callers; if he will explain the reason such recordings were deleted six months later, despite the expectat…
119. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27778/25]
120. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that insolvency cases have reportedly increased by approximately 20% this year; if he will address the fact that investment funds such as (details supplied) continue to charge mortgage interest rates of over 7%, significantly higher than the pillar banks, despite recent ECB rate reductions; if he will outline the measures being considered to ensure…
121. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Finance that legal mechanisms that need to be enacted to enable the Revenue Commissioners along with the Department of Social Protection to deduct pay or tax free allowances for non-payment of fines, or as part of penalties issued in lieu of custodial sentences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27953/25]
122. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the actions he is planning in response to recent survey findings on the scale of illegal tobacco in circulation in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28093/25]
123. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if he will conduct a review of taxsaver commuter schemes in order to enhance flexibility and uptake by commuters in support of the Government’s climate action targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28094/25]
124. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance the cost of reducing VAT on bicycles to the lowest possible level. [28103/25]
125. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance the cost of reducing VAT to the lowest possible level on new imported electric vehicles from Britain [28105/25]