46. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport if the road transporters support scheme (RTSS) will be extended for new applicants, following the recent announcement that the fuel income support scheme for agricultural contractors and farmers will be extended. [69932/26]
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47. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question 61760/26, if data is collected on the number of times an individual sits a category B driving test (details supplied); if this data is retained after an individual passes a category B driving test; and if so, the average number of attempts an applicant makes for a category B driving test before passing, by driving centre, in ta…
48. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport to clarify the timetable for a bus (details supplied); and if his Department will consider adding times to the route. [69960/26]
49. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if his Department and Iarnród Éireann review the capacity of the rail service serving Cork Kent to Cobh and Midleton, given the overcrowding regularly taking place on the service. [69959/26]
50. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if parking at the Millstreet train station will remain free of charge to commuters, given the expansion of the car park. [69958/26]
51. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question 62049/26, if the statutory public consultation process has concluded; if the amendments to the CIÉ pension schemes have been agreed; and when retirees of CIÉ will finally receive their long awaited pension increase. [69982/26]
52. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a reply to their road transporters support scheme late application query. [69987/26]
53. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport when a payment under the road transport scheme will issue to a person (details supplied). [70000/26]
54. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the rising increase in driving test wait times as reported today (details supplied), particularly in Dún Laoghaire where wait times have risen again to 19 weeks this month and the impact this is having on those waiting for tests for employment/education and other reasons; if he will outline the immediate steps he is ta…
55. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Transport the assessments undertaken by his Department and the National Transport Authority to measure public transport demand in the Kildare North constituency; and the metrics used to assess whether existing public transport capacity is meeting current and projected demand. [70113/26]
56. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Transport the public transport projects currently planned or under construction in the Kildare North constituency and their anticipated delivery timelines. [70112/26]
57. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the progress made rolling-out electric bike schemes in Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford; the breakdown of the number of the previously-announced 400 bikes now available for public use in these cities; the amount that has been spent to date on the introduction of electrics bikes in these cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
58. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport to list the cultural institutions, if any, including museums, galleries, libraries, archives, theatres, concert halls, bands, ensembles, and performing companies, operated or hosted by his Department and public bodies or semi-State companies under his Department's remit, identifying the State funding provided for these institutions each year for the past t…
59. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if consideration is being given, as part of the dispatch operator review, to placing greater regulatory obligations on app-based dispatch platforms to assist drivers in meeting tax compliance requirements; and the proposals under consideration. [70264/26]
60. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if the issue of VAT reverse-charge obligations on SPSV drivers forms part of the current review of dispatch operator regulations being undertaken by the National Transport Authority; whether submissions raising this matter have been received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70263/26]
61. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if the ongoing National Transport Authority review of dispatch operator regulations is examining the tax compliance implications arising from platform-based dispatch services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70261/26]
62. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority considers it has sufficient statutory powers to impose licence conditions relating to tax-compliance arrangements between dispatch operators and drivers; and if not, the legislative amendments would be required to provide such powers. [70259/26]
63. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority has examined the possibility of requiring licensed dispatch operators, as a condition of licensing, to implement systems that ensure tax liabilities arising from platform commissions or dispatch charges are dealt with directly and transparently rather than being left to individual drivers; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
64. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the steps being taken to ensure that the growth of app-based dispatch operators does not undermine the ability of the National Transport Authority to regulate the SPSV sector independently and in the interests of drivers, passengers and the wider public. [70267/26]
65. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that the regulatory framework governing the SPSV sector is being determined by the National Transport Authority in the public interest rather than being shaped by the corporate structures and business models of large international platform operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70266/26]
66. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the tax compliance checks undertaken by the National Transport Authority before granting, renewing or maintaining a dispatch operator licence; whether licensed dispatch operators are required to demonstrate that their Irish tax affairs are fully up to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70249/26]
67. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority has engaged with Cork County Council regarding bus stop provision and pedestrian access to public transport for new residential developments in Whitechurch, County Cork; the outcome of any such engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70275/26]
68. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe for the introduction of the BusConnects Cork new network service to Whitechurch and Glenville; the frequency and hours of operation planned for the service; if additional interim services will be introduced on route 248 in advance of the new network, given the growth in population in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70274/2…
69. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the average weekday passenger numbers on route 248 in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the extent to which residential development in Whitechurch, County Cork, whether completed since 2023, under construction or with planning permission, has been factored into National Transport Authority service planning for the area; and if he will make …
70. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority formally monitors the punctuality and reliability of route 248 under its public service obligation contract with Bus Éireann; the performance standards that apply to the route; the number of occasions since January 2025 on which those standards were not met; the remedial action or contractual deductions applied as a result; an…