Parliamentary questions

254. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for the completion of Iarnród Éireann’s plans to implement upgrades and enhancements to station customer services systems (including passenger information display boards) across the entire Iarnród Éireann station network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62853/25]

255. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the funding available to Iarnród Éireann in order to carry out its plans to implement upgrades and enhancements to station customer services systems including passenger information display boards across the entire Iarnród Éireann station network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62854/25]

256. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to request the National Transport Authority to expedite the processing of requests for additional/increase bus stops (collect/drop off customers) on selected routes (currently taking six to nine months); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62857/25]

257. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if the decision on the RSA compensation claim could be expedited; if consideration will be given to reimbursing the cost of two additional driving lessons booked, one the day before and one on the morning of the cancelled test, which proven unnecessary due to the last-minute cancella…

258. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Transport the direction which has been issued to the NTA and public transport operators regarding mandatory accessibility reporting under the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People. [62872/25]

259. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Transport if his Department is currently on schedule to meet its obligations under the first Programme Plan of Action of the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People; and to outline any risks to delivery that have already been identified. [62895/25]

260. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Transport what direction has been issued to the NTA and public transport operators regarding mandatory accessibility reporting under the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People. [62920/25]

261. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the amount Irish Rail spent on taxi services for transfers of staff and train users in each of the years 2021 to 2024, inclusive, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62937/25]

262. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the average age of those taking the driving test for each of the past five years; the average age of those failing the driving test for each of the past five years; the gender of those taking the driving test for each of the past five years; the gender of those failing the driving test for each of the past years; the nationality of those…

263. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide an account of the time it took to issue the Leap Card for five to eight-year-olds from inception to delivery; the breakdown of the associated cost, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62979/25]

264. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of the full and first year cost to issue the leap card for five to eight-year-olds, broken down by capital and current costs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62980/25]

265. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of the full and first year cost to print the Leap card for five to eight-year-olds (details supplied), broken down by capital and current costs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62981/25]

266. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he has met with taxi representative organisations regarding concerns about the introduction of the taxi fixed price model by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62983/25]

267. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he or any of his Government colleagues have met with a company (details supplied); the dates on which these meetings took place; the items that were discussed; if the taxi fixed price model was discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62984/25]

268. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the ongoing blockages of bus lanes and bus stops that are creating serious safety risks and operational challenges for the Broadstone Garage bus fleet; if his Department will urgently intervene to ensure that 24-hour bus lane restrictions are enforced and that bus stops remain accessible for safe passenger boarding an…

269. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland can be urgently requested to address the extremely dangerous section of the Killorglin to Milltown road, County Kerry at Tinnahalla (details supplied); if he will request the Road Safety Authority to carry out a safety audit on this road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62988/25]

270. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider implementing a system where the TFI app states as soon as it is known that a bus service is cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62994/25]

271. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Transport the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of these vacancies filled between internal and external methods; the number of vacancies each year at principal officer level filled by mobility; the …

272. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 4 November 2025, if the RSA has made mismatches in the past; if so, the total number discovered to date; the number wrongly inputted onto the driver record on his Department's national vehicle and driver file in error; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63045/25]

273. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider funding for a feasibility study into the Metro South West project; the estimated cost of such a study; the practical steps to be undertaken in such a study; the timeframe from initiation to completion of such a study based on previous practice; if he will confirm whether he favours and supports such a study; and if he wi…

274. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update regarding the expression of interest by a school (details supplied) in the Safe Routes to School Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63081/25]

275. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if his Department, or any of the State transport agencies, have plans to engage in an information campaign regarding the safety precautions of operating electric vehicles, and safety information in relation to electric vehicles if they are involved in road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63100/25]

276. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport when an office (details supplied) will provide a date for oral examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63109/25]

277. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to outline when the next meeting of the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV) Interdepartmental Working Group will take place; to outline whether the group has had the opportunity to consider suggestions made in a parliamentary question (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63170/25]

278. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of recurring issues such as cancellations, delays, break-downs and ‘ghost buses’ on the S8 route operated by a provider (details supplied); if the operator is complying with their service level obligations in respect of this route; if he will instruct the NTA to conduct a review of the operator’s performance on this route giv…