Parliamentary questions

444. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the current number of drivers on their second learner permit; if the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has written to all second permit holders to inform them of the new rules (S.I. No. 527/2025) that will apply to them from 1 November 2026; if the RSA informed them that an application for a third learner permit will require them to have undertake…

445. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 2415 of 13 January 2026, if he accepts road traffic deaths and serious injuries as a public health harm requiring surveillance; if his Department will collect, analyse and use road-traffic collision and fatality statistics for population health improvement; if he and his Department will engage with the …

245. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on an application for appropriate accommodation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11142/26]

246. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport if permission was given by the State for US deportation flights to land and refuel in Shannon Airport en route to Israel on 21 January and 1 February 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11237/26]

247. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has a role in regulating horse drawn sulkies on public roads; if his Department is considering any measures to ensure the protection of the public from such activity; if he intends to review such activity in light of the recent updating of legislation governing the use and seizure of scramblers; and if he will make a statem…

248. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to urgently examine a case (details supplied) and allow for disabled parking permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11293/26]

249. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the legal use of fully taxed and insured dual sport bikes; if he is conscious of the need to ensure that these legally compliant vehicles are differentiated as part of the process of legislating for the ban of scrambler bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11312/26]

250. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport if he will engage with animal welfare organisations in relation to their specific concerns related to sulky racing on public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11318/26]

251. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether existing legislation is sufficient to address specific concerns related to sulky racing on public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11319/26]

252. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to provide a significant increase in funding for long overdue roads projects in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11586/26]

253. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the Swords to city centre core bus corridor. [11138/26]

254. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the implementation of the A spine of the BusConnects programme in Dublin. [11139/26]

255. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update including a timeline of the Jamestown roundabout scheme in Finglas; and the allocated funding to the scheme. [11140/26]

256. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding upgrades to a bus service in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11143/26]

257. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport the position with the provision of train services to a town in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11144/26]

258. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport his views on the report prepared by TII regarding the M7/M9 junction; the actions recommended in the report; the timelines involved; if the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11145/26]

259. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider additional signage and advertising to inform better driver behaviour on motorways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11146/26]

260. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport if the Government will work with all State agencies to provide a real time and comprehensive transport app to inform commuters of transport issues, times and all related matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11147/26]

261. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport for details of active travel initiatives funded by the National Transport Authority in Waterford city and county since 2020; the initial cost estimate for each project; the outturn cost of each project and for those still unfinished, the latest cost projection, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11172/26]

262. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if a bus shelter could be provided for the town of Ballybunion, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11173/26]

263. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in that canteen is of Irish origin. [11191/26]

264. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the steps which are being taken to safeguard the Great Southern Wall in Dublin Port particularly in light of recent weather conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11225/26]

265. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the last time a full structural examination of the Great Southern Wall in Dublin Port was carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11226/26]

266. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the plans to upgrade the Great Southern Wall in Dublin Port; his plans to carry out the repairs that are needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11227/26]

267. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport when repair works on the N65 near Heathlawn will commence; when the temporary stop-go light system will be removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11238/26]