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Brendan Smith Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
422. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if preparatory work on a project (details supplied) can be progressed without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12542/26]
Brendan Smith Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
423. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the progress to date in developing a strategy in relation to the provision of new facilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12543/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
424. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport to explain why there has been no confirmed notification of any bus route diversions by the National Transport Authority as a result of the construction works associated with the north city arterial main project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12562/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
425. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport to provide a salary range that the new CEO of the Shannon Airport Group will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12566/26]
Emer Currie Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
426. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of the number of no-shows for driving tests for Category B permits, broken down per test centre, per month, from January 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12578/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
427. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to reports of ICE deportation flights refuelling at Shannon airport, including those deporting Palestinians to the West Bank; if he will commit to ending Ireland’s facilitation of such flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12614/26]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
428. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport to provide a centre-by-centre breakdown of the average driving test waiting list times, a centre-by-centre breakdown of the number of applicants waiting to sit their driving test, a centre-by-centre breakdown of the number of driving testers employed; and a breakdown of the number of testers on part-time versus full-time contracts in each driving test cen…
Jennifer Whitmore Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
429. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the expected timelines of delivery of electric battery carriages and associated infrastructure for Wicklow Town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12637/26]
Pa Daly Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
430. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the total amount that has been spent setting up, establishing and running the existing leapcard system that is to be replaced by a new contactless payment system (Next Generation Ticketing) on Dublin transport since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12664/26]
Barry Ward Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
431. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 5 February 2026, the provisions that are put in place in the event that a cargo ship or other shipping vessel spills intentionally or in error spills any amount of oil from their tanks in Irish waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12665/26]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
432. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Transport the measures being taken to address the low punctuality and high levels of lost kilometres recorded on Bus Éireann Route 115 to Kilcock in recent performance data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12761/26]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
433. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Transport the steps being taken to improve bus services for Kilcock, given that Route 115 is the bus service for the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12762/26]
Ciarán Ahern Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
434. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport to clarify the reporting trigger, format, and escalation pathway applicable where an aviation crew encounters an anomalous or non-cooperative aerial observation that does not fall within the predefined categories of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12764/26]
Ciarán Ahern Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
435. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport to clarify whether reports of anomalous aerial observations that are not classified under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1018 are entered into the ECCAIRS mandatory occurrence reporting system as mandatory, voluntary, or discretionary reports; to outline the follow-up oversight process applicable in such cases; and if he will make a statement on …
Ciarán Ahern Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
436. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the recent statement by former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence Christopher Mellon that “it would be a great boon to air safety and national security if Ireland would join the US in mandatory reporting of anomalous aerial observations”; whether he has considered international best practice in this area, including FAA reporting requi…
Paul Lawless Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
437. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport the reason an American driving licence cannot be exchanged for an Irish driving licence; if he will consider reviewing this policy for returning Irish citizens; and if he will clarify the legal position on driving in Ireland on a U.S. licence during transition. [12785/26]
Réada Cronin Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
438. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the number of wheelchair accessible bus stops in the state; the steps his Department is taking to increase the number of these stops across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12812/26]
Réada Cronin Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
439. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the amount spent on wheelchair accessible bus stops from 2020-2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12813/26]
Réada Cronin Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
440. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the company that currently has tender for the building of accessible bus stops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12814/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
441. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport if he is considering a ban on the use of scrambler motorbikes; if so, which type of vehicles he intends to include under these regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12826/26]
Shane Moynihan Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
442. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport to outline the full scope of the National Transport Authority's forthcoming regulatory assessment of dispatch operator licensing in Ireland; if conditions attached to dispatch operator licences, such as a requirement to be established within the State, will form part of this assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12851/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
443. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport to consider adding an extra carriage on the Docklands to M3 parkway train at peak times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12875/26]
Emer Currie Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
444. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the current number of drivers on their second learner permit; if the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has written to all second permit holders to inform them of the new rules (S.I. No. 527/2025) that will apply to them from 1 November 2026; if the RSA informed them that an application for a third learner permit will require them to have undertaken a test in the prev…
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
445. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 2415 of 13 January 2026, if he accepts road traffic deaths and serious injuries as a public health harm requiring surveillance; if his Department will collect, analyse and use road-traffic collision and fatality statistics for population health improvement; if he and his Department will engage with the Minister for Health …
Carol Nolan Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Finance
446. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of accesses granted to the beneficial ownership registers by competent authorities since the commencement of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12658/26]