Parliamentary questions

82. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the plans to provide formal park and ride or park and carshare facilities along the M11; the mechanisms in place to establish such facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60341/25]

83. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the planned new coastguard station for Courtown Harbour, County Wexford. [60342/25]

84. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the measures in place to address dangerous bends on country roads; if a particular scheme will be developed [60343/25]

85. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the status of a project in County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60448/25]

86. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the status of a project in County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60449/25]

87. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if a business case has been created for a project (details supplied) as per infrastructure guidelines; the projected cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60450/25]

247. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will consider bringing forward limited no-fault mechanisms for public transport passengers involved in accidents whilst using public transport to ensure that medical and rehabilitation costs are not left uncovered. [58266/25]

248. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Transport the number of applications received for exemptions to permit the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft received in the year 2025; the number granted, by month, and by application decision; if the application related to Irish-registered civil aircraft operating outside of Ireland, landing in or taking off from Ireland, or overflyin…

249. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if there is a role for an organisation (details supplied) in addressing the lack of compensation available for persons injured in non-negligent accidents on public transport, in which liability cannot be assigned to any party; if he plans to legislate in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57696/25]

250. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport if he has granted exemptions for the carriage of munitions of war through Irish airspace that are bound for Israel in the past 12 months; if so, the reason for granting such an exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57788/25]

251. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport the action his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of graffiti at a location (details supplied), in view that this reoccurring issue in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57789/25]

252. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the total cost of the realignment of the road from the Golden Nugget, Fossa, Killarney to the Gap Cross which has been completed recently, including cost of engineers, designs and all other costs involved for these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57807/25]

253. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport the action his Department is taking to reduce the waiting time for driving test appointments at a test centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57808/25]

254. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport to explore the possibility of implementing a system of charging a toll on the M50 based on the entry and exit of a person's journey. [57837/25]

255. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding given to the route 70 bus since 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57839/25]

256. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue a company (details supplied) has earned on the 270 bus route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57840/25]

257. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport to consider increasing the number of buses being offered in the morning for the 70 and 270 bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57841/25]

258. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of enforcement inspections and confiscations of inferior or non-compliant batteries which have taken place at Irish ports and airports in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57894/25]

259. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport for an update on a meeting request sent by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57905/25]

260. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport to provide details of engagements between his Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade since the publication of the Programme for Government regarding the issue of the importation of biodiesel and hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) from the United States of America; when the most recent engagement occurred; the agenda and outc…

261. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport his view on the issue of EU anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on US-origin hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO); if he intends to raise the matter with his EU Council counterparts at the earliest upcoming meeting; if he has concerns with current market conditions; his specific views on pricing and security of supply; his up-to-date view on com…

262. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the name of the contract partner employed by the RSA to attempt to manually match court disqualification orders with a driver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57958/25]

263. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 16 October 2025, the number of drivers disqualified that resulted in a mismatch being inputted to his Department's driver file record database to date; the number of mismatches reported to date; the procedure when a mismatch has been discovered; if the driver file database is regularly monitored a…

264. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe in which a driver is disqualified in court to when they receive a court disqualification order via an application programming interface (API); the length of time the API is given to attempt to automatically match records received, to a driver using the details provided by the Courts Service; the length of time between failing t…

265. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No's 177 to 184 of 16 October 2025, the timeline for his Department to publish more complete data on the manual matching process used by his Department and the RSA to endorse a licence or permit with a disqualification; the date that his Department started its concerted effort in 2025 to deep dive into the a…