Parliamentary questions

250. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied). [33697/25]

251. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on a road project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33776/25]

252. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport whether he will consider legislating to facilitate the use of bioptic telescopes for driving by individuals with visual impairments. [33793/25]

253. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct Meath County Council to introduce road safety measures at a location (details supplied) which has seen four road accidents in the past twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33796/25]

254. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his Department over the past ten years (details supplied), including all such materials that have been “unpublished” by divisions, sections and units of his Department that became part of the Minister’s Department following a transfe…

255. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he will support a simplified mechanism in which Ireland will recognise and allow an exchange of US driving licences for an Irish licence (details supplied). [33829/25]

256. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport his views on the absence of reciprocal driving licensing agreements between Ireland, America and Canada (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33899/25]

257. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport his views on the absence of reciprocal driving licensing agreements between Ireland, America and Canada (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33915/25]

258. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue generated through advertisement on the sides and rear of the Dublin Bus fleet in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [33962/25]

259. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Busáras in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the future refurbishment works that are scheduled to be carried out at this station over the next 18 months. [33963/25]

260. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the reason representative organisations (details supplied) have not yet been contacted regarding the disability-proofing of the National Cycle Manual by the National Transport Authority (NTA); and if he will give an assurance that these two disabled persons’ representative organisations in Ireland specific to physical impairment and visual i…

261. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport the recommendations he is considering under the Climate Change Advisory Council’s recent Transport Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34078/25]

262. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34101/25]

263. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport his views on the recommendation from an organisation (details supplied) to increase the uptake of battery electric vehicles, by introducing grants of up to €10,000 for lower income households, particularly in areas with limited access to public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34109/25]

264. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Transport to make provision for commercial testing for bus drivers as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34015/25]

265. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline his plans to develop a new scheme to support people with disabilities to access personal transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34153/25]

266. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will give detailed consideration to a recent briefing note of the Northern & Western Regional Assembly: Regional Infrastructure Priorities for the Northern and Western Region, June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34168/25]

267. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport his plans for increasing funding for the protection and renewal of the rural road network to resolve road maintenance backlogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25652/25]

268. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport if the new N22 between Ovens and Macroom can be prioritised in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27807/25]

269. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce on street EV charging infrastructure. [30251/25]

270. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport to examine the case for the establishment of a new bus stop in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34208/25]

271. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport for an update on how he has progressed the commissioning of a preferred route for the proposed Luas extension to Poolbeg since taking office; if he will supply a timeline in respect of constructive same; and if not, his plans to supply such a timeline. [34226/25]

272. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the total amount of funding his Department or agencies under its aegis have provided to each local authority in each of the past five years and to date in 2025; the total spend in respect of this funding by each local authority in each of those years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34247/25]

273. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of concerns within local authorities regarding the provision of capital funding for bus stops without providing administrative, engineering or human resources to develop projects under the scheme. [34248/25]

274. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport when it is next scheduled to meet the Iarnród Eireann CEO. [34261/25]