250. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the Transport for Ireland decision to not allow third level students to renew their student Leap cards if they have less than six months left in their college or third level term; if he accepts this can disproportionately affect final year students at a time when they are already facing increased living costs; and if he will make a s…
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251. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport to provide an estimate costing of upgrading the TFI Live app so that push notifications can be sent to users who have favourited a route to make them aware of cancellations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49005/25]
252. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of upgrading the TFI Live app so that push notifications could be sent to users who have favourited a route to make them aware of cancellations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49019/25]
253. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport if any consideration has been given to a bypass or traffic alleviation measures for Bunclody, County Wexford on the N80; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49034/25]
254. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport his plans to address traffic congestion at the merge of the M50 with the M11, including the introduction of additional driving lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49035/25]
255. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider amending an element of the Road Traffic Acts (details supplied); if he is aware of claims that the limited three-hour window is causing undue pressure for An Garda Síochána to collect blood samples and could be helping intoxicated drivers evade the collection of a blood sample; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49181/25]
256. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider amending the Road Traffic Acts to allow a designated doctor to take a blood sample (details supplied); if he is aware that this is standard practice in many jurisdictions, such as Australia, where blood samples are taken by medical professionals and placed in a container with a tamper-evident seal that has a unique identifying number marked…
257. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the funding commitments which have been secured in the current EU budget negotiation for transport infrastructure improvements in Cork including port expansion, connectivity and rural-island link roads, and the way in which the Government will ensure that Cork's transport and connectivity projects are not underfunded in comparison with central and eastern Europ…
258. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Transport the current waiting list times for commercial vehicle testing, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49223/25]
259. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Transport for an update in relation to Waterford Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49224/25]
260. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has considered updating the classification and licensing requirements for quadricycles, to bring Ireland more in line with other EU countries such as France and Finland which have quadricycle-specific legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49255/25]
261. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport the total number of local area hackney licences active in County Tipperary as of August 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49256/25]
262. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport the active local area hackneys, by approved local area in Tipperary as of August 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49257/25]
263. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport the total number of local area hackney licence applications made in Tipperary, by year from 2015 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49258/25]
264. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport the total number of local area hackney licence applications denied in Tipperary, by year from 2015 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49259/25]
265. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport the number of active SPSV licences with Tipperary as their primary area as of August 2025; the number of new SPSV applications made in 2025 that listed Tipperary as their primary area; the number of SPSV licences renewed in 2025 that listed Tipperary as their primary area; the number of inactive SPSV licences in 2025 that list Tipperary as their primary area; …
266. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport the number of active SPSV licences that listed Tipperary as their secondary area as of August 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49261/25]
267. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons who took the area knowledge test for Tipperary in 2025; the number of persons who passed the test for Tipperary in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49262/25]
268. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance the status of an appeal on refusal of a primary medical certificate for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48747/25]
269. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide an assessment of the State's ability to attract more companies offering public liability insurance into the market to ensure savings for policy holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47595/25]
270. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide financial details and a timeline on the purchase and sale of Israeli war bonds by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47596/25]
271. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide details of any interactions his Department or other Departments have had, and any legal advice that they have sought, to end the facilitation of the sale of Israeli war bonds by the Central Bank; the means by which this was ended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47597/25]
272. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide a timeline and financial details of the facilitation of the sale of Israeli war bonds by the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47598/25]
273. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide an assessment of the impact of the duty of care and Personal Injuries Assessment Board legislation on insurance premiums for customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47599/25]
274. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the latest figures for the number of people who have availed of the rent tax credit in this tax year, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47600/25]