Parliamentary questions

74. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the measures that are being but in place to install additional publicly available charge points around Ireland during 2025 in order to achieve Ireland’s EU 2025 targets under the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation. [8202/25]

75. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has assessed the impact of private ticketing systems operated by commercial transport providers on fare integration and passenger accessibility; and the steps being taken to ensure a more unified ticketing system across public and private operators. [8203/25]

76. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Transport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a bus service in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8212/25]

77. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide information regarding the potential development of a new bus route to serve Carraroe, its surrounding hinterland, and the Caltragh area of Sligo town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8223/25]

78. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure Transport Infrastructure Ireland carry out urgent safety improvement works on the N55 at Tang, County Westmeath, in conjunction with Westmeath County Council; and if he will ensure any works planned incorporate footpath improvement/widening works. [8226/25]

79. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the promised recruitment of 70 additional driving test instructors, as promised in September 2024; if these positions have been filled; if he will provide an updated timeline of progress to fill these positions, including the expected completion date of the recruitment process. [8310/25]

80. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the number of electric buses that were delivered to Limerick in 2024; the number that were in operation by 31 December 2024; and the number of fuel buses subsequently delivered to Cork. [8335/25]

81. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the number of new or second-hand buses that have been allocated to Cork in each of the past five years. [8336/25]

82. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 22 January 2025, the reason an individual (details supplied) was informed that he would be required to fly into Belfast before being transported to Tullamore Hospital due to restrictions on private ambulances entering the tarmac at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [83…

83. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the guidelines his Department has provided to State owned airports in regard to the access of private ambulances onto the tarmac; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8338/25]

84. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the reason that a service (details supplied) was stopped; if it will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8340/25]

85. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if he will reinstate a bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8392/25]

86. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the traffic management arrangements agreed with the National Transport Authority in the event of a planned or unplanned closure to the Dublin Port Tunnel. [8423/25]

87. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the proposed local link bus route between Tuam and Athenry, County Galway; the current status of the route plan; when the National Transport Authority expects to implement this route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8455/25]

88. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the anomaly in communication from his Department in relation to tachographs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8522/25]

89. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport when a project (details supplied) will progress to the next stage; the proposed preparatory work to be carried out on this project in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8614/25]

90. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the progress to date in developing a strategy in relation to the provision of new facilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8615/25]

91. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport if he would consider the implementation of audible taxi meters designed specifically for the visually impaired, akin to those currently utilised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8637/25]

236. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport for a breakdown of the amount of funding each local authority in the State has received for national, regional and local roads in 2022, 2023, 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7889/25]

237. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to advance the N2 Kilmoon Cross to Rath roundabout project given that funding was paused under the previous Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7156/25]

238. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments, bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of State, semi-State body or other public body under the aegis of his Department, for each year since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7195/25]

239. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport for an update on his Department's progress in creating the transport security force as proposed in the Programme for Government; when he expects to finalise the legislative framework required to establish the force under the NTA; when he expects the force to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7214/25]

240. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to provide transport security on the Irish Rail, Maynooth line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7215/25]

241. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to provide transport security on Dublin Bus routes operating in Dublin west, such as the 37, 38, 39, 39a routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7216/25]

242. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if the case of a person regarding the issue of a limousine licence (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7242/25]