Parliamentary questions

302. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the measures being taken to ensure that passengers who do not use a service (details supplied) have equal access to timely information on service disruptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71942/25]

303. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of guidelines or requirements issued by the National Transport Authority to Irish Rail regarding the provision of service disruption information across multiple platforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71943/25]

304. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the significant communication failures experienced by passengers at Pearse Street railway station on 9 December 2025 during high wind conditions, including the inability to clearly hear public address announcements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71994/25]

305. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if he has requested a report from Iarnród Éireann on the persistent failure of real time passenger information display boards at Pearse Street, Tara Street, Connolly Station and the Northern commuter railway stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71995/25]

306. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the procedures in place to ensure that front line staff at Pearse Street railway station are provided with accurate and timely service information during severe weather events, in view of reports that on 9 December 2025 staff were unable to advise passengers when trains would arrive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71996/25]

307. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the actions which will be taken to improve the resilience and clarity of public address systems at Pearse Street and other Dublin railway stations, following widespread reports that on 9 December 2025 announcements were inaudible to passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71997/25]

308. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that Leap card validation machines were not operational at Skerries railway station on 9 December 2025, resulting in commuters being unable to tag on or tag off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71998/25]

309. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the safeguards which are in place to ensure that passengers are not financially penalised through incorrect or maximum fares, where Leap card machines are unavailable due to equipment failure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71999/25]

310. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport if he will address concerns regarding the NCT raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72018/25]

311. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of learner drivers who failed to show up for their scheduled driving test appointment, by driving test centre, by month, from January 2025 to date in December 2025, in tabular form. [72021/25]

312. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to consider additional capacity on a bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72022/25]

313. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if consideration will be given to the extremely busy and dangerous section of the Ring of Kerry road between Caherdaniel and O'Carroll's Cove by providing a footpath at the earliest possible date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72025/25]

314. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if consideration will be given to the fact that the first section of the South Kerry Greenway is scheduled to open on 19 December 2025 and Glenbeigh village is not Greenway ready; if he will expedite the works including traffic calming measures, resurface road, new footpaths, pedestrian crossing, public lighting, carparking and so on; and…

315. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if consideration will be given to the fact that the first section of the South Kerry Greenway is scheduled to open on 19 December 2025 and Cahersiveen town is not Greenway ready; if he will expedite the works including traffic calming measures, resurface road, new footpaths, pedestrian crossing, public lighting, carparking and so on; and …

316. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the amount his Department has spent on translation services from a company (details supplied) for the years 2020 to 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72077/25]

317. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport whether any work has been undertaken on safety concerns with electric vehicles. [72082/25]

318. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the current number of drivers for Bus Éireann’s PSO route delivery in Cork city; and the number considered a full cohort. [72156/25]

319. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the number of complaints received by the NTA for the PSO route in Cork city. [72157/25]

320. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the number of meetings his office has held this year where Cork’s bus service was on the agenda. [72158/25]

321. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the progress made over the past 12 months on each of his Department’s Programme for Government commitments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72204/25]

322. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of the funding provided by NTA to improve rail network and train connectively in County Mayo in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [72220/25]

323. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport for an update on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72229/25]

324. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Transport the mechanisms his Department is using to evaluate the success or issues of Bus Connects ; and the redress mechanisms which exist for commuters experiencing repeated cancellations or delays. [72231/25]

325. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport for a detailed up to date progress report on this Deputy’s original submission to relocate Farranfore Railway Station out to Kerry Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72256/25]

326. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport the action his Department is taking to accommodate current passenger numbers on an intercity rail service (details supplied), in view of peak services being continually overcrowded with passengers often requiring to stand whilst commuting as seats are full, if consideration would be given to the provision of additional carriages for the servi…