290. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if the National Vehicle and Driver File Bill 2026 has been drafted; the reason for the delay; if the Bill will be brought before Dail Éireann before the summer recess in July. [45143/26]
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291. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 5 March 2026, for an update on the request made by An Garda Síochána to his Department in September 2025 for the inclusion of driving licence photographs and signatures in the NVDF data sharing; if his Department sought legal advice since to confirm the position with regard to sharing of the photo; and if this proces…
292. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport whether for procurement spend, a purchase order can be raised within his Department's financial management systems without reference to a contract, framework agreement, procurement process or other authorising arrangement; if so, the circumstances in which this may occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45174/26]
293. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport whether an invoice can be paid by his Department without an associated purchase order having first been raised; if so, the circumstances in which this may occur; the number and value of payments made during quarter one of 2026 which were not associated with a purchase order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45192/26]
294. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the development of the new vehicle adaptation scheme; the disability stakeholders his Department is engaging with in relation to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45227/26]
295. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport if there is scope to introduce a new design or style guide for road signage to ensure parity between English and Irish, including the potential for a pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45228/26]
296. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct the NTA to re-issue a lapsed eSPSV26 grant offer (details supplied) given funding is available from similarly lapsed offers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45230/26]
297. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding left over from lapsed offers in the eSPSV26 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45231/26]
298. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE staff, by job title and gender working within the finance department of Dublin Airport Authority. [45234/26]
299. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding any product or service purchased from Italy by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid. [45246/26]
300. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the decision to provide an extension to taxi drivers whose vehicles were registered in 2015 due to effects of the Covid 19 pandemic; the rationale behind this decision; if this includes all taxi vehicles and drivers that would have similarly been impacted by the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45251/26]
301. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that Dublin Bus is not required by the NTA to issue refunds on Leap cards in the event of an upheld complaint made by a commuter; whether he deems this acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45253/26]
302. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will examine increased funding for roads for County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45310/26]
303. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he has an any way to identify which Parliamentary Questions are AI generated; and the amount it costs, on average, to answer a Parliamentary Question. [45380/26]
304. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport the total annual cost to the State of the young adult or student TFI Leap card scheme. [45400/26]
305. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the extension of the battery electric DART to Wicklow town; the breakdown of the number of the second order of 90 battery-electric DART carriages that will be deployed to the southern commuter line serving Dublin to/from Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45441/26]
306. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that Bus Éireann's 132 service Connolly Station to Bunclody via Baltinglass has experienced repeated unannounced cancellations in recent weeks, including cancellations of the last service of the day without warning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45442/26]
307. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that Bus Éireann had committed to increasing the frequency of the 132 service from four to eight services per day, but that this increase was cancelled at the last minute; when passengers can expect this commitment to be honoured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45443/26]
308. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that Bus Éireann has adequate rolling stock allocated to the 132 service; whether Bus Éireann has reported to him or to the NTA that recurring mechanical breakdowns of older buses are a primary cause of cancellations on this route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45444/26]
309. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport given that the 132 service is the primary public transport link for communities including Baltinglass, Tullow, and surrounding areas, the specific measures he intends to take to ensure reliable, frequent services for rural communities in Wicklow and Carlow who have no viable alternative transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45445/26]
310. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the establishment of the proposed transport security force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45526/26]
311. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the publication of the emerging preferred route for the Luas to Lucan including an indicative timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45527/26]
312. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport the reasons for the delays of up to four-weeks relating to changes of car ownership registrations at the Department of Transport, Shannon, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45559/26]
313. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport if funding has been allocated to enable an upgrade on the Donaghmede roundabout at the Hole in the Wall, Clarehall Avenue, Grange Road junction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45564/26]
314. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if an amendment to the CIÉ 1951 superannuation pension scheme has been signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45574/26]