Parliamentary questions

419. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if the NTA will consider extending route 139 Naas to Blanchardstown to Tyrrelstown further up the Corduff Road to the roundabout that meets L3080 Ratoath Road [12448/26]

420. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the number of applications received in the latest round of the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant scheme; if he is aware that only a small number of applicants were successful in receiving a provisional grant offer due to constraints on available funding; his plans to increase funding for wheelchair accessible vehicle gran…

421. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport his plans to change the qualifying criteria for the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant to ensure those who regularly provide their services to wheelchair users are prioritised over those who do not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12480/26]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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 e…

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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 …

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…

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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. [1285…

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]