261. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he supports the transfer of responsibility for alcohol and psychoactive substance testing of aviation personnel from State authorities to individual airlines or other private entities; if the constitutional, employment-law, licensing, criminal-law, privacy, data-protection and fair-procedure implications of such a transfer have been fully examined; and whet…
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95. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport whether the evaluation process under condition 10 of the Dublin airport north runway planning permission (details supplied) is genuinely assessing the effectiveness of the property buy-out scheme as mitigation, including whether it enables affected households to relocate without being disadvantaged. [71729/26]
121. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide the €70 million in funding that the NTA says is required to avoid the increase in public transport fares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68009/26]
221. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has examined any additional infrastructural road safety measures on motorways following a number of incidents in recent months, including fatal collisions involving motorists driving the wrong way down slip roads and motorways. [67643/26]
224. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 15 January 2026, whether his Department has had any engagement with the UNECE Working Party on Lighting and Light-Signalling task force regarding excessive brightness and intensity of modern LED and HID car headlights; and the nature of that engagement. [67638/26]
181. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered introducing statutory limits on dispatcher commission fees for regulated metered SPSV trips. [64214/26]
265. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if Irish Rail has received insurance money with respect to Barrow Bridge, counties Wexford and Kilkenny; if so, when works will commence to protect the bridge; the cost breakdown of works carried out on the bridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65135/26]
320. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport whether private car park operators are under any legal, planning, licensing or regulatory obligation to provide parking for bicycles, ebikes, scooters, mopeds or motorcycles; whether operators are legally entitled to exclude these users (details supplied); the evidence or policy rationale for car parking to be prioritised while lower-emission space-efficient t…
321. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport whether the Government intends to introduce legislation, planning requirements, licensing conditions, or insurance guidance to ensure that private car parks cannot refuse bicycles and motorcycles without a clear, evidence-based justification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61127/26]
125. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the nature of a recent printer failure at the National Driver License Service; the customer service accommodations that will be made for the significant delays incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53820/26]
186. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the number of occasions in each of the past five years in which a bus service was cancelled or curtailed due to an on-board software issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50936/26]
216. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the average wait time in each of the past 24 months in the RSA Tallaght driving test centre, in tabular form; the steps he is taking to reduce waiting times and achieve the ten-week target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51614/26]
233. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that those who received eSPSV26 grant offers which subsequently lapsed will be prioritised when the scheme reopens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48397/26]
238. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport his plans for the Killucan railway station in County Westmeath; if he will engage with local elected representatives and campaign group on the potential reopening of the station given recent population growth in the surrounding area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48473/26]
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]
105. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the programme for Government commitment to commission a new independent feasibility study on continuing MetroLink to Dublin South-West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46573/26]
157. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport his Department’s plans to reduce the frequency of ‘ghost buses’ in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46378/26]
42. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the plans for the Dublin Bus 14 route; when he anticipates any changes taking effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46359/26]
43. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport whether weekend DART services to Howth may be increased in frequency for the summer period to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46360/26]
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]
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]
338. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he will rule out public transport fare increases in the forthcoming Budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45808/26]
151. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport to report on his recent meeting with the Garda Commissioner on road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44753/26]
25. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the way in which “rural areas” will be defined for the purposes of the recently announced ICE2EV scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44203/26]