Parliamentary questions

129. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to address the phenomenon of ghost buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9420/25]

130. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Transport the current position regarding the proposed new N2/A5 Western Corridor [9290/25]

131. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on fare restructuring; when the new structure will be finally implemented following the delay since autumn 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9241/25]

132. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will intervene to ensure that a service (details supplied) continues as is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9472/25]

133. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the progress of Cork’s northern distributor road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9502/25]

134. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport if he will include the N15 in the revised National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9327/25]

135. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Transport his plans to improve public transport in rural areas. [9406/25]

136. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update and timeframe for the introduction of dedicated transport police; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9418/25]

137. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Transport for an update on funding for the N72 Cullen, Clonbanin road, which is in bad condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9476/25]

138. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to address the backlog in driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9424/25]

139. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport if capital works for the Mountmelllick inner relief road will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8789/25]

140. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if will halt and reverse the privatisation of bus routes in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9404/25]

141. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport his plans to deal with the driving test backlog; if these plans include the opening of a new driving test centre in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9411/25]

142. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the decision by Dublin Bus not to tender for the outer Dublin metropolitan area routes on the BusConnects network in Dublin; his views on whether the tender on these routes has been awarded to a company (details supplied) notwithstanding the major service delivery problems experienced by that company on its existing …

143. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the steps being taken to progress the big river walk, Tralee, the Tralee to Listowel greenway and the south Kerry greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9421/25]

144. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the transportation infrastructure projects being delivered by his Department which are currently delayed or over budget. [9270/25]

145. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on connectivity between air, rail and road transport across County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9497/25]

146. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on Bus Éireann driver and mechanic recruitment in the past six months, particularly as it relates to services in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9243/25]

147. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the progress to fully reopen Holyhead port to facilitate the movement of freight. [7637/25]

148. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport in the context of the current public consultation on giving a one year licence extension on the ten year rule to taxis with 151 and 152 registrations, if following the consultation taxis that have gone over the ten years in the first weeks of 2025 and are currently inactive, can be relicensed; if he will give a one year extension fo…

149. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the actions he will take to implement the recommendations of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Climate Change Advisory Council in their respective annual national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, reviews, and GHG projections to ensure that the transport sector meets its sectoral ceiling of 54MtCO2e for the budget period 2021-2025…

150. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct the NTA to review the expansion of the Local Link bus service to the northern part of the Dublin Fingal west constituency to service Skerries, Rush and Lusk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9388/25]

151. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the amount spent by his Department on transportation infrastructure in each of Dublin, Leinster, Munster, Connaught and Ulster, in each of the past ten years. [9271/25]

152. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport if his Department plans to amend the automatic implementation of penalty points to include driving offences such as breaking red lights at junctions, and other offences that create a danger to other road users including pedestrians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9503/25]

153. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport if in the context of the almost 10,000 extra people who will soon live in the Poolbeg glass bottle site development, if he will support the acceleration of the extension of the Luas red line to Poolbeg as part of the NDP review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9173/25]