Parliamentary questions

629. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in his Department and to the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75205/25]

630. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the amount expended on advertising and promotion in his Department, and within each agency for which he is responsible, for 2022 to 2024, by year and budgeted for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75223/25]

631. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the number of press, media or communications staff currently employed in his Department and within each agency for which he is responsible; the cost of these staff for 2025 and the expected cost for 2026; whether there are proposals to increase the number of such staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75241/25]

632. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost to his Department and to each agency for which they are responsible arising from Ireland’s presidency of the European Council; the line items or events for which a cost is expected to arise and the estimated cost for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75259/25]

633. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the priorities of his Department and each agency for which they are responsible for, in respect of Ireland’s presidency of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75277/25]

634. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Transport the specific auditing measures that are in place to verify the integrity of South African licence exchanges beyond digital database checks. [1007/26]

635. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Transport if he is considering a suspension of the South African licence exchange agreement until the integrity of the "pass" records can be guaranteed, similar to the requirements for US or Indian licence holders. [1008/26]

636. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to expedite the Tralee to Listowel Greenway in County Kerry; when work will commence on this project; when it will be completed; the estimated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1020/26]

637. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the progress made by the end of 2025 in achieving the following three 2030 sustainable mobility targets, outlined in the National Sustainable Mobility Policy, a 50% increase in daily active travel journeys, a 130% increase in daily public transport journeys and a 20% reduction in total vehicle kilometres travelled by 2030; and if he wil…

638. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport when the next Sustainable Mobility Policy Action Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1048/26]

639. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the actions taken with respect to the target set out in the Climate Action Plan 2023-25 to increase the use of alternative fuels in public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1049/26]

640. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport if clarification has been provided yet as to the amount of public charging capacity on the public charging network for the number of EVs currently registered in Ireland (as referred to on page 11 of the NDP Sectoral Investment Plan for Transport); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1050/26]

641. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the Corrective Action Modelling Project that his Department is developing to correct the trajectory of carbon emissions from the transport sector out to 2030; when will this be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1051/26]

642. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport to clarify the meaning of the phrase "a degree of flexibility will be necessary around the prioritization and allocation of funds until such time as this work is completed and decisions have been taken on the specific decarbonisation policy pathway to be pursued" on page 13 of the NDP Sectoral Investment Plan for Transport; and if he wi…

643. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport when the 'Moving Together' strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1053/26]

644. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the measures his Department is taking to implement intelligent transport systems technologies in a cohesive manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1054/26]

645. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport when the transport orientated development studies for Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and the eastern region respectively, will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1055/26]

646. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the current rate of construction inflation that his Department uses to model capital costs; if his Department has forecasts for construction inflation in the years 2026 to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1056/26]

647. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport when work will commence on a successor strategy to the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan 2022-26; when the successor plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1057/26]

648. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport for a breakdown in number and type of the offence behind disqualification for drivers who were unmatched on the national vehicle and driver file in 2024 and 2025. [1066/26]

649. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of road traffic collisions and fatal accidents that involved a disqualified driver in the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [1067/26]

650. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of deaths following road traffic collisions that took place at the scene of the accident in comparison to overall fatalities in the years 2020-2025 for Northern Ireland versus Ireland. [1077/26]

651. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 2 October 2025, the number of mutual recognition (MR) cases received from both Northern Ireland and the UK each year from 2022 to 2025; the number given effect in Irish courts; the number of cases where the disqualification had expired in Northern Ireland and/or the UK before it was recognised in …

652. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of court notifications since 2020 that he received from the Courts Service of drivers convicted of penalty point offences; the number of these court notifications that did not include a valid driver number; the number that were manually matched by Transport to the correct driver record; the number that could not be matched to the …

653. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if the national vehicle and driver file Bill 2025 which was due to be enacted by the end of 2025, has been drafted; the timeframe for publishing this Bill in 2026 and to introduce it to Dail Éireann for approval. [1131/26]