Parliamentary questions

255. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if his Department is currently evaluating upgrade to security measures at Dublin Airport following the evacuation recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54803/25]

256. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport if the N17 Collooney to Knock road project is included in the National Development Plan 2026-2035; if phases 3 and 4 of the project will be completed by the end of 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54822/25]

257. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport to consider adding an additional bus stop on the Nenagh side of Ballina, County Tipperary on the Bus Éireann Route 323, as this is the most populated area of the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54839/25]

258. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport for an update on discussions between the National Transport Authority and Bus Éireann regarding capacity improvements on routes 419 and 424 in County Galway (details supplied). [54849/25]

259. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if the €44 million announced in July 2013 for the Kilkenny ring road extension was ever formally included in his Department’s capital allocations, multi-annual road plans, or the Transport Infrastructure Ireland investment framework; if not, the basis on which the 2013 funding announcement was made; if he will provide all Departmental corres…

260. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland or his Department were consulted or informed prior to the public announcement in July 2013 of €44 million for the Kilkenny Ring Road; if either body confirmed the availability of that funding at the time; if the announcement represented an approved Government decision; and if he will make a statement on th…

261. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport the reason no formal Departmental engagement or appraisal of the Kilkenny Northern Ring Road extension occurred between the 2014 An Bord Pleanála approval and Kilkenny County Council’s submission of a preliminary appraisal form in December 2019; the administrative or political decisions that resulted in the project being effectively reset si…

262. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport to provide a full chronology of Departmental, Government, and TII decisions or correspondence relating to the Kilkenny Northern Ring Road extension project between 2013 and 2019, including any minutes of meetings, internal memos or Cabinet submissions relevant to the July 2013 funding announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matt…

263. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if the search and rescue helicopter is now based out of Weston Airport; if so, the reason it is not based out of Baldonnell Aerodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54859/25]

264. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will invest in the Ballybrophy rail line to ensure it can provide comprehensive and regular rail services to Dublin without changing at Ballybrophy. [54876/25]

265. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the pass and fail rate for driving tests, respectively in Nenagh test centre in each month from January 2023 to September 2025 inclusive, in tabular form. [54877/25]

266. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when the next generation ticketing project will be completed. [54880/25]

267. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport to respond to concerns (details supplied) that the five to nine-year-old year old free travel Leap card will be inaccessible to eligible families, due to the requirement to procure individual Leap cards for each child availing of free travel. [54896/25]

268. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the actions he is taking to regulate sulky racing. [54899/25]

269. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport to outline the consultations his Department, or An Garda Síochána, have had concerning the introduction of a dedicated transport police service, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54189/25]

270. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to capacity issues on a bus route (details supplied); the actions he will take to work with the NTA to address these concerns and improve this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54926/25]

271. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Transport the current average waiting time for a driving test at the Mallow test centre, County Cork; the number of applicants currently on the waiting list for that centre; the measures being taken to reduce waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54937/25]

272. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Transport the provisions in place or are being developed to enable people to obtain insurance for electric bikes used on the road, following the introduction of legislation making it illegal to cycle these bikes without insurance; and if he will address the fact that constituents who have contacted both the RSA and the Department of Transport …

273. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport if there are any technical, legal, operational, or policy constraints preventing his Department, when publishing quarterly reports of payments or purchase orders over €20,000, from including additional columns that link each payment to its underlying procurement process specifically tender/contract title; name and address of the awarded con…

274. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport if all contracting authorities under the aegis of his Department are in full compliance with Circular 05/2023, in particular the mandatory requirement to publish contract award notices for all contracts above €25,000; and if he will provide details of the monitoring or enforcement arrangements in place to ensure this requirement is met. [55…

275. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport to approve urgent funding for Transport Infrastructure Ireland and Sligo County Council to implement essential traffic calming measures in the village of Ballinacarrow, County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55094/25]

276. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be re…

277. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the possible development of direct air links between Ireland and India; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55187/25]

278. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the possible development of direct air links between Ireland and Japan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55188/25]

279. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the possible development of direct air links between Ireland and Brazil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55189/25]