Parliamentary questions

212. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the PSO funding provided by government to the NTA in each of the years 2020 to 2026, in tabular form; if Budget 2027 will expand upon Budget 2026’s allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50352/26]

213. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if the road transport support scheme will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50353/26]

214. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport to meet with the west Cork rail alliance to discuss the proposal to extend the rail line from Midleton to Youghal. [50374/26]

215. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding available to Ireland's ports to deliver ORE broken down by port, in tabular form. [50411/26]

216. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he anticipates the Port of Cork's redevelopment is on track to be ORE-ready in 2026. [50412/26]

217. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport to provide an annual breakdown of the funding received by regional airports as part of the regional airports programme, by airport, for the years 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50422/26]

218. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the reopening of the Western Rail Corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50566/26]

219. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the development of the Galway city ring road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50568/26]

220. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport for clarity on the provision of additional rail carriages for train services to and from Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50594/26]

221. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to consider changes to clamping rules to allow a statutory grace period before a vehicle may be clamped. [50693/26]

222. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to consider changes to clamping rules to require operators to verify whether parking has already been paid for before immobilising a vehicle. [50694/26]

223. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to consider changes to clamping rules to require operators to exercise reasonable discretion where payment has been made but a ticket has inadvertently not been displayed. [50695/26]

224. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to consider changes to clamping rules to prohibit clamping where payment can be objectively verified and there has been no overstay or financial loss. [50696/26]

225. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport whether the NTA is required to issue an annual publication of enforcement and appeals statistics regarding vehicle clamping. [50697/26]

226. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the cost of maintaining the 20% fare reduction on public transport. [50698/26]

227. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the cost of increasing the fare reduction on public transport to 30%. [50699/26]

228. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the cost of hiring an additional FTE driver tester. [50700/26]

229. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the cost of increasing the number of driving testers by 10%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 50% and 100% respectively, in tabular form. [50701/26]

230. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the number of driver testers that are currently employed; the salary of a driver tester; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50702/26]

231. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the number of driver testers broken down by testing centre in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50703/26]

232. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the cost of capital funding that has been allocated to prepare Ireland’s ports for ORE in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; the cost of capital funding that has been drawn down to prepare Ireland’s ports for ORE in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and the funding that has been allocated out to 2030, in tabular form…

233. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding that has been provided to connecting Ireland rural bus scheme broken down by capex and opex funding in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50705/26]

234. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the cost to hire an additional FTE bus driver broken down by cap ex and op ex funding on public transport. [50706/26]

235. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the cost to hire an additional FTE train driver broken down by cap ex and op ex funding on public transport. [50707/26]

236. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify whether a company (details supplied) have been consulted or have been engaged with to provide support with existing aircraft navigation systems such as ground beacons at Irish airports; if the same company has been consulted or engaged with to provide a replacement of existing system; and if he will provide the details …