Parliamentary questions

152. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will publish the Ministerial brief he received following the recent formation of the Government; if he will outline what his brief mandates him to do; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4379/25]

153. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport his plans to improve the schedule and service on the Ballybrophy rail line. [4404/25]

154. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the progress of the bus network redesign; to expand upon the reasons for its delays; the timeline for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4415/25]

155. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport for an update on any new proposals for future park-and-ride facilities in Galway city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4453/25]

156. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the company name and amount expended with them, in tabular form. [4483/25]

157. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the role of the National Transport Authority regarding Bus Éireann expressway routes; any service obligations under which such routes operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4533/25]

158. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to consider the unpredictable weather conditions experienced by residents and visitors to County Kerry; to expedite the provision of bus shelters across the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4554/25]

159. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the amount paid to date by the NTA for rental of office space in Penrose Quay in Cork. [4585/25]

160. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget heading for each of these functions; the timeframe for when such delegated functions will be formally notified to the Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4618/25]

161. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Transport the recent studies, if any, carried out in Ireland, the UK or EU in relation to the benefits and or challenges of permitting private vehicles or full EVs with at least four people being transported to use bus lanes, with the appropriate signage and licensing structure, in an effort to discourage individual car use and reduce carbon…

162. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Transport the changes to legislation that would be required in what sections to facilitate private motor vehicles or EVs with four or more passengers being permitted to use bus lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4634/25]

163. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider planned developments of port infrastructure by a company (details supplied), which are not well considered and may not be fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4664/25]

164. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport when he expects the remaining local road speed limit reductions to come into effect nationally; if it is envisaged that urban routes will see these proposed reductions before those on national secondary roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4673/25]

165. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the current total service volume of each driving test centre, in tabular form. [4687/25]

166. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the date by which he expects the Road Safety Authority to resume publishing its annual road casualties and collisions report; and if a report will be published for each year since 2019, the last such report published. [4688/25]

167. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the date by which he expects to publish the underpinning legislation for the proposed transport security force; the expected personnel strength of the Force; the projected cost of the Force each year for the first five years; the location where the force will be headquartered; and the date by which he expects the force to be operational. [468…

168. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the role of his Department in progressing the proposal within the Programme for Government to create a transport security force under the National Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4701/25]

169. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport his plans for increasing EV charging points in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4706/25]

170. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport the current average waiting times for driving test appointments in County Meath for each of the licence categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4707/25]

171. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport for the current longest waiting times for driving test appointments in County Meath for each of the licence categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4708/25]

172. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Transport the current average wait times for a driving test appointment at each test centre nationally. [4730/25]

173. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered the establishment of reciprocal driver’s licence arrangements with any US states; if discussions have taken place with the US states on such agreements; if so, which US states, if any, have been identified as potential candidates for such agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4737/25]

174. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if he will engage with representatives of hauliers in respect of the challenges presented by the mandating, through EU regulation, of smart tachograph version 2 systems in HGVs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4738/25]

175. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if the mandating, through EU regulation, of smart tachograph version 2 systems in HGVs is compulsory for all such vehicles or restricted to vehicles that must cross the Border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4739/25]

176. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if he will implement supports for hauliers in the Border region, who have no option but to cross the Border regularly, if they are mandated to install smart tachograph version 2 systems in their HGVs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4740/25]