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Pa Daly Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Transport
20. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the reason provisions for the regulation of rickshaws have not been fully implemented; the regulations that currently govern the operation of rickshaws and similar passenger vehicles; the passenger safety requirements, insurance obligations and enforcement mechanisms that are presently in place; whether his Department intends to introduce a comprehensive licensing a…
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Transport
21. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the timeline for the long awaited restoration of the Derry to Dublin airlink; and when the tender will be released. [74570/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Transport
22. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of road deaths that have occurred in each county for each of the last ten years. [74586/26]
John Connolly Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Transport
23. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport whether businesses that were eligible for, but did not apply to, the initial round of the road transport support scheme will be eligible to apply under the recently announced extension of the scheme; if not, the rationale for excluding otherwise eligible operators who did not submit an application during the original application window; whether consideration i…
Mark Wall Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Transport
24. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered for the road transport support scheme. [74639/26]
John Connolly Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Transport
25. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the roll-out of next-generation ticketing infrastructure, specifically swipe card readers, across bus services operating in Galway city in light of their rollout in Cork and their positive effect on dwell times when buses stop; the timeline for the installation of swipe card readers on all Bus Éireann and other public transport services o…
Daniel Ennis Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Transport
26. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Transport the increase in wait time for a driving test at the Killester test centre since the closure of the Raheny test centre; and if he plans to allocate additional staff to the Killester test centre to alleviate pressure on the test centre since the closure of the Raheny test centre. [74834/26]
Daniel Ennis Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Transport
27. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Transport if additional driving testers have been allocated to the Killester test centre since the closure of the Raheny test centre. [74831/26]
Daniel Ennis Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Transport
28. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the wait times for a driving test, for an applicant who has failed a test and reapplied, in each test centre, in tabular form. [74826/26]
Daniel Ennis Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Transport
29. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the number of driving test appointment slots that are not being filled due to cancellations or no shows, by test centre, in tabular form. [74843/26]
Daniel Ennis Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Transport
30. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the wait times for a driving test for first-time applicants, in each test centre, in tabular form. [74823/26]
Mark Wall Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Transport
31. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport if he will address concerns regarding driving tests in County Kildare (details supplied). [74791/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Transport
32. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann have unused rolling stock in its Inchicore depot; and the reason this stock has not been deployed. [74614/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Transport
33. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport his plans to regulate for the safe transport of pets on public transport; and to outline the way in which health and safety and other passengers' potential fear of dogs were taken into account in the process of forming these regulations. [74890/26]
Grace Boland Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Transport
254. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if additional commuter parking, interchange facilities or station access improvements for Rush and Lusk Railway Station are planned as part of, or complementary to, the DART+ Coastal North project. [73478/26]
Grace Boland Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Transport
255. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport whether the National Transport Authority has assessed the feasibility of developing a park-and-ride facility serving commuters in the Rush, Lusk and wider north Fingal area. [73477/26]
Grace Boland Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Transport
256. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the plans to increase the number of parking spaces at Rush and Lusk Railway Station. [73476/26]
Grace Boland Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Transport
257. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if he has requested the National Transport Authority or Iarnród Éireann to undertake a review of parking capacity at Rush and Lusk Railway Station and the current occupancy rates of the station car park. [73475/26]
Conor D. McGuinness Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Transport
258. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure the bus stop in lower Ferrybank, County Waterford is reinstated as soon as possible. [73375/26]
Conor D. McGuinness Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Transport
259. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the reason there has been a delay in plans under Bus Connects 2026 to provide a new bus for Newrath and Rockshire Road in Ferrybank, County Waterford; and the way in which he is ensuring that these plans are carried out as soon as possible. [73374/26]
Duncan Smith Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Transport
260. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing reliability issues affecting a bus service (details supplied), including repeated cancellations, delays, and service gaps that continue to impact commuters; if he will provide the full service level data for 2025 and year to date 2026 for this route, including the number of scheduled services; the number of cancel…
Ciarán Ahern Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Transport
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…
Eoghan Kenny Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Transport
262. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport for an update on project (details supplied) as of October 2026. [73391/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Transport
263. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the average carriage capacity on services operating on the Maynooth train level per day to date in 2026, in tabular form. [73401/26]
Colm Burke Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Transport
264. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport the action being undertaken by his Department for the provision of a specific electric vehicle (EV) charging point app which would include all EV charging providers, in order to provide a more streamlined and user-friendly service, in view that at present each provider has their own individual downloadable app. [73414/26]