244. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the options available to learner drivers who do not have family or acquaintances to accompany them in vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32574/25]
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245. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the names of external auditors that the Department have used to carry out works on behalf of the Department in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [32602/25]
246. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the costs incurred by his Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in 2024; the name of the contractor and a description of the work undertaken in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32649/25]
247. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE staff currently working on the route option selection and preliminary business case stage of the Navan to Dublin Rail line for each year of the necessary work. [32684/25]
248. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE staff who will work on the railway order application stage of the Navan to Dublin Rail line in each year of its work. [32685/25]
249. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has undertaken any analysis of regulation and potential bureaucracy that relates to the delivery of transport infrastructure in Ireland; and the details of that analysis. [32686/25]
250. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport to detail which transport infrastructure projects are currently late in their delivery and which transport infrastructure projects are currently over budget. [32687/25]
251. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport his plans to publish an infrastructure plan for active travel and roads. [32701/25]
252. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Transport the number of local area hackney licences currently active in Ireland, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32765/25]
253. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 27 May 2025, if he has received the data requested from the Road Safety Authority on driving test centres where learner drivers failed to turn up for their scheduled driving test appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32806/25]
254. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if he has received the implementation plans from the Road Safety Authority to close the loophole whereby learner drivers are allowed to renew their permits without sitting the driving test; if he has placed a timeline on the Road Safety Authority to provide him with its plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32807/25]
255. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for his Department and the Road Safety Authority to close the loophole whereby learners never have to sit a driving test to renew their permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32808/25]
256. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of learner permit holders involved in fatal and serious crashes in 2023 who were on their second, third or subsequent permit at the time they were involved in the collision;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32809/25]
257. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that former speed limits are still showing in popular navigation services after these were reduced on national secondary roads earlier this year; if his Department is aware of a process to ensure changes in speed limits are reflected in navigation services; if this matter will compound when urban speed limits are reduced later this year; and…
258. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Transport the steps his Department are implementing to help restore proper governance of the CIÉ Superannuation Scheme 1951; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32828/25]
259. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32851/25]
260. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Finance whether his Department has assessed the VAT liabilities arising from the use of the reverse-charge mechanism by ride-hailing platforms such as a company (details supplied); and to consider requiring such platforms to register and invoice from within Ireland to ensure compliance and protect taxi drivers.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31851/25…
261. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has considered reducing the VAT rate on home energy upgrades to support households in decarbonising and retrofitting their homes. [31868/25]
262. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the Revenue Commissioners to review the current administrative and legislative requirements governing access to the incapacitated child tax credit, particularly the requirement that a general practitioner must certify a child’s incapacity, even in cases where a clinical psychologist has diagnosed the child with a qualifying condition s…
263. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the supports available to employers and employees to promote remote and flexible working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31901/25]
264. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the number of mortgage holders paying an interest rate over 6%; the number paying an interest rate over 7%; the number paying an interest rate over 8% divided into traditional bank lenders and non-bank lenders, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31937/25]
265. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will request the major banks to bring down interest rates in line with European Central Bank rate cuts without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31938/25]
266. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to allow banks to accept transfers of performing mortgages that were previously considered non-performing loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31939/25]
267. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will set a maximum interest rate for credit servicing funds that corresponds with the European Central Bank interest rate. [31940/25]
268. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the cost of storing and maintaining the MV Matthew ship since it was first seized by the State; the weekly amount it is costing to store and maintain the ship; the reason the sales process is taking so long; and if he will engage with the Revenue Commissioners as a matter of urgency. [31941/25]