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Emer Currie Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
76. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to consider introducing a proportional tolling system where payment reflects the actual length of motorway travelled on the M50, rather than a flat fee regardless of distance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53030/25]
Emer Currie Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
77. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of abolishing the M50 tolls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53031/25]
Emer Currie Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
78. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the total operation and management cost of the M50 between 2018 to date in 2025, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53032/25]
Emer Currie Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
79. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the total revenue raised by the M50 through toll payments between 2018 to date in 2025, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53033/25]
Emer Currie Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
80. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to consider providing an additional train service running from the Castleknock area to the M3 Parkway given the number of students and commuters travelling towards Hansfield (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53043/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
81. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport to report on the recent multi-agency cyberattack exercise targeting Cork Port; to state whether any vulnerabilities were identified in port or maritime infrastructure; and to outline the actions and resources now being deployed to strengthen cyber-defences at critical infrastructure sites nationwide. [53124/25]
Séamus McGrath Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
82. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the status of proposals to reduce the driving test wait times at a test centre (details supplied) in view of the fact it is still well above the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53178/25]
Mark Wall Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
83. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has received a business case (details supplied); when a decision on this will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53223/25]
Paul Lawless Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
84. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that the employment status of all persons delivering periodic driver CPC training, as required by EU legislation, is in accordance with Irish employment laws, as regards the definition of self-employed when they are restricted by training organisations who are regulated by the road safety authority in terms of only being allowed work for one …
Maeve O'Connell Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
85. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport if his Department have conducted health and safety analysis following junction narrowing works to assess the safety of pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. [53255/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
86. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport the advice his Department provides to local authorities in instances where lorries and long wheelbase vehicles must cross solid white lines when turning through junctions. [53256/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
87. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport if officials within his Department have conducted a review regarding the effectiveness and success of junction narrowing works. [53257/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
88. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport the research his Department has conducted to inform policies and practices on junction narrowing works across Dublin. [53258/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
89. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider and respond to concerns around the air, sea and rescue helicopter expressed in correspondence (details supplied). [53272/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
90. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has conducted any study or analysis to examine the effectiveness of cycle lanes constructed to date in increasing cycling rates across Dublin. [53331/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
91. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport the amount of Exchequer funding allocated to active travel schemes since 2020; the amount spent; and the amount of this funding leftover following the completion of these schemes. [53332/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
92. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport the amount of Exchequer funding allocated to schemes to encourage cycling and walking in County Dublin. [53333/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
93. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Local Link bus serving Route 887, New Ross to Carlow, arriving in Bagenalstown to pick-up at 8:15 a.m. is already full, and leaves on average 12 - 15 college students attending SETU and Tindall with no transport; that some drivers allow the students on, and others are failing to stop due to the bus being…
Sorca Clarke Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
94. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts to date in 2025, in tabular form. [53358/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
95. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for the payment of the five percent increase for those availing of the CIÉ pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53398/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
96. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport to consider including those people who have retired since January 2023 in the five percent increase to CIÉ pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53399/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
97. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport the due diligence his Department has completed in assessing the greenhouse gas emissions impacts resulting from State intervention to lift the Dublin airport passenger cap, in the context of both climate obligations and related human rights obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53579/25]
Duncan Smith Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
98. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport his Departments plans to tackle traffic congestion on the M1 and M50 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53582/25]
Duncan Smith Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
99. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport to confirm the plans to develop a new terminal three at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53583/25]
Duncan Smith Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Transport
100. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will support the development of a new terminal three at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53584/25]