176. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport the progress of developing contactless payments for public transport in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47188/26]
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177. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport the improvements planned at Clongriffin DART Station to facilitate the expansion of the DART; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47189/26]
178. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the Clongriffin to city centre core bus corridor scheme; when it is expected to complete the planning process; when it is expected to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47190/26]
179. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the safe routes to school scheme; when it is expected to reopen; the average timeline between application and implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47191/26]
180. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the formation of a new National Ports Policy; whether it will facilitate the development of ORE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47192/26]
181. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the reason motor tax revenue is no longer ringfenced for local authority funding. [47269/26]
182. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the eligibility of vehicles that are legally exempt from NCT testing under existing legislation for the purposes of the ICE2EV scrappage scheme (details supplied); the way in which such exemptions will be operationalised within the SEAI dealer portal and application system to ensure that island residents are not excluded from the scheme; an…
183. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that new regulations concerning the electricity connection of RealTime Displays, requiring them to have their own connection rather than the previous arrangement whereby they were connected to streetlights, is preventing the NTA from installing new displays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47355/26]
184. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the reason Bus Éireann route 40 does not stop as scheduled in Kilmacthomas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47375/26]
185. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the number of buses in the Dublin Bus fleet as of 16 June 2026; and if he will provide the same figures as of 30 June 2023, in tabular form. [47415/26]
186. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the status of an application for an enhanced regional bus service, between Cork, Killarney and Tralee by a coach company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47452/26]
187. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the measures his Department and the National Oil Reserves Agency have put in place to monitor the supply of biofuel derived from palm oil mill effluent under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation since the coming into effect of S.I. No. 247 of 2025 on 1 July 2025; the ongoing arrangements for verifying the sustainability and authenticity of such fuel a…
188. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the volume of biofuel derived from palm oil mill effluent supplied under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation in 2025 and to date in 2026, further to the coming into effect on 1 July 2025 of S.I. No. 247 of 2025 which excluded such fuel from eligibility for additional renewable transport fuel certificates; whether that measure has reduced the volume o…
189. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport whether he intends to impose a cap on imports of palm oil mill effluent derived biofuel under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, further to his Department's indication in 2025 that such a limit had not been ruled out; the assessment the National Oil Reserves Agency has made of the risk of virgin palm oil being fraudulently relabelled as palm oil mi…
190. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of vehicles detected by Gardaí with non-compliant number plates each month since January 2026, by county and Garda district; the number of fixed charge notices (FCNs) issued to drivers each month for this offence, by county and Garda district; the number of drivers summoned to court for failure to pay the FCN; and the penalties imposed. [47503/26]
191. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport to expedite a licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47512/26]
192. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the current capacity for charging electric buses at the Navan depot (details supplied); whether this has resulted in reduced service levels; and the urgent measures being taken to ensure that the necessary infrastructure is in place so that services can operate fully. [47522/26]
193. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that applicants at a test centre(details supplied) have to wait up to six months for an invite to apply for a driving test; the action his Department is taking to tackle the extremely long wait times for driving tests at the test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47551/26]
194. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on a pension query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47570/26]
195. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47575/26]
196. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Transport the additional emergency funding that was allocated to each local authority for the repair and to reconstruct roads damaged by flooding during Storm Chandra; the amount that has been drawn down by each of the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47598/26]
197. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Transport the measures being considered by his Department, the National Transport Authority and Irish Rail to increase passenger capacity on rail services operating between Dublin Heuston and Tullamore; whether an assessment has been undertaken of current and projected passenger demand on the route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47599/26]
198. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department, the National Transport Authority or Irish Rail has undertaken, or plans to undertake, a feasibility study into the provision of additional track capacity, including double tracking, on the rail line between Portarlington and Athlone; the potential benefits such a project could have for service frequency, reliability and future passen…
199. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Transport whether consideration is being given by his Department, the National Transport Authority or Irish Rail to the introduction of a later evening rail service from Dublin Heuston to Tullamore; whether any assessment of passenger demand for such a service has been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47601/26]
200. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Transport the planned infrastructure investments for the Dublin to Galway and Dublin to Westport rail corridor over the next five years; whether consideration is being given to increasing line capacity, reducing journey times and improving service frequency for passengers travelling through Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47602/26]