Parliamentary questions

230. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority will fund the installation of a next bus Indicator screen at bus stop pole number (details supplied). [32334/25]

231. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority will fund the installation of a next bus Indicator screen at bus stop pole number (details supplied). [32335/25]

232. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to remove the tolls from the M4 when the franchise period finishes in 2033. [32359/25]

233. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 10 June 2025, to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the Galway public bike sharing scheme in each of the years since its inception; and the number of bikes part of that scheme in each of the years since its inception, in tabular form. [32447/25]

234. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 10 June 2025, to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the Limerick public bike sharing scheme in each of the years since its inception; and the number of bikes part of that scheme in each of the years since its inception, in tabular form. [32448/25]

235. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 10 June 2025, to provide a breakdown for the funding provided to the Cork public bike sharing scheme in each of the years since its inception; and the number of bikes part of that scheme in each of the years since its inception, in tabular form. [32449/25]

236. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 10 June 2025, to provide a breakdown for the funding provided to the Waterford public bike sharing scheme in each of the years since its inception; and the number of bikes part of that scheme in each of the years since its inception, in tabular form. [32450/25]

237. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport the status of the East Coast Railway Infrastructure Protection Projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32466/25]

238. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport to examine the case of the relocation of a bus stop (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32468/25]

239. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 13 May 2025, if he will follow up with the National Transport Authority given that this Deputy has not received a reply from the authority as of 11 June 2025; his views on whether it is acceptable for public passengers to have a time between E2 busses in rush hours of between 20–35 minute…

240. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 29 May 2025, if pet dogs are permitted to travel without restrictions on Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann services. [32523/25]

241. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if the driving test will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32542/25]

242. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider new projects (details supplied) that include bilingual awareness and promote the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32551/25]

243. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider removing ‘km/hr’ from road speed signs and display numerical speed limits only, in line with the practice in many other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32554/25]

244. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the options available to learner drivers who do not have family or acquaintances to accompany them in vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32574/25]

245. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the names of external auditors that the Department have used to carry out works on behalf of the Department in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [32602/25]

246. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the costs incurred by his Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in 2024; the name of the contractor and a description of the work undertaken in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32649/25]

247. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE staff currently working on the route option selection and preliminary business case stage of the Navan to Dublin Rail line for each year of the necessary work. [32684/25]

248. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE staff who will work on the railway order application stage of the Navan to Dublin Rail line in each year of its work. [32685/25]

249. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has undertaken any analysis of regulation and potential bureaucracy that relates to the delivery of transport infrastructure in Ireland; and the details of that analysis. [32686/25]

250. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport to detail which transport infrastructure projects are currently late in their delivery and which transport infrastructure projects are currently over budget. [32687/25]

251. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport his plans to publish an infrastructure plan for active travel and roads. [32701/25]

252. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Transport the number of local area hackney licences currently active in Ireland, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32765/25]

253. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 27 May 2025, if he has received the data requested from the Road Safety Authority on driving test centres where learner drivers failed to turn up for their scheduled driving test appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32806/25]

254. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if he has received the implementation plans from the Road Safety Authority to close the loophole whereby learner drivers are allowed to renew their permits without sitting the driving test; if he has placed a timeline on the Road Safety Authority to provide him with its plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32807/25]