Parliamentary questions

244. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of permits that DAA issued for allowing taxi drivers to pick up customers at Dublin Airport in 2025 and to-date in 2026; and the criteria that needs to be met for a permit to be issued to taxi drivers. [31798/26]

245. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the percentage of Bus Éireann PSO fleet that is currently fully wheelchair accessible; and the estimated cost needed to ensure the remainder of the PSO fleet is wheelchair accessible. [31799/26]

246. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department has had any communication with affected residents or their representatives since August 2022 regarding referred complaints concerning the Runway 28R Standard Instrument Departure to Fingal County Council; whether he is aware that Fingal County Council has stated, including in the course of correspondence with the Off…

247. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport if he will review matters raised (details supplied) regarding flight routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31818/26]

248. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the body that in his view, bears responsibility for ensuring that the departure routes from Dublin Airport's Runway 28R comply with the 2007 Environmental Impact Statement on which planning permission was granted under An Bord Pleanála reference PL06F.217429 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31820/26]

249. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the number of noise complaints referred by the DAA plc to AirNav Ireland in 2024 and in 2025 that received a substantive response from AirNav Ireland to the affected resident; the median time between referral by DAA and substantive response by AirNav that has been in each of those years; whether he is aware that residents who receive DAA's…

250. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport whether he is aware that the Aircraft Noise Competent Authority formally requested noise data from DAA plc in April 2024 for the purpose of the noise assessment required under Regulation (EU) 598/2014; that daa did not supply the requested data until November 2025, a delay of approximately 19 months; that the delay extended past An Coimisi…

251. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport whether he is aware that Fingal County Council issued a warning letter to DAA PLC in September 2022 in respect of the Runway 28R Standard Instrument Departure routes; that more than 180 weeks have now elapsed without Fingal issuing an enforcement notice or proceeding under section 160 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (details suppl…

252. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport whether he agrees with the position, stated by the managing director of Dublin Airport (a DAA plc employee) to the Joint Committee on Transport on 24 March 2026, that ‘there is no such thing as planning permission for flight paths’; whether he considers that position consistent with Council Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the eff…

36. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport the driving and parking offences that result in a fine being issued by An Garda Síochána; the related monetary value of the fine for each offence, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31027/26]

37. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to urgently consider including large scale business and co-ops (details supplied), in the excise duty reliefs that support licensed hauliers/freight operators, agricultural/fishing contractors or bus companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31114/26]

38. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider including a company in the road transport support scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31166/26]

39. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport to make sufficient funding available to transform the Local Link service in east and north Cork into a multi-frequency per day, and seven-days-a-week service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31011/26]

40. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the sharp rise of diesel bus purchases in 2025 to 60% of bus purchases, as published by his Department and the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; if he can verify whether these purchases were made by the National Transport Authority; the reason for this rise in diesel bus purchases; and…

41. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE marketing executives, by grade employed by Iarnród Éireann as of 22 April 2026, in tabular form. [31037/26]

42. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full year costs to double the number of staff in both the railway accident investigation unit and air accident investigation unit of his Department. [31038/26]

43. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the number of new heavy-duty vehicles registered in Ireland in each of the past five years, and to date in 2026; the percentage share of these registrations which were zero emissions heavy duty vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31049/26]

44. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the funding available under the ZEHDV purchase grant scheme in each of the past two years, and to date in 2026; the amount of funding that was actually spent in each of the past two years and to date in 2026; the number of applications and approvals since the scheme was launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31050/26]

45. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the funding available under the ZEHDV infrastructure grant scheme in each of the past two years and to date in 2026; the amount of funding that was actually spent in each of the past two years and to date in 2026; the number of applications and approvals since the scheme was launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31051/26]

46. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the total value of a contract (details supplied) from 2017 to 2025; the value of the advertising income generated from bus shelters in each year from 2017-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31119/26]

47. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus shelters constructed nationally in each of the years 2017 to 2025; the spend on this construction; the number of bus shelters maintained/fixed nationally in each year from 2017-2025; the spend on this maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31120/26]

48. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus shelters constructed in County Meath in each of the years 2017 to 2025; the spend on construction; the number of bus shelters maintained/fixed in County Meath in each year from 2017-2025; the spend on maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31121/26]

49. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of requests for maintenance for bus shelters that went unfulfilled in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31122/26]

50. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if a value-for-money audit was conducted on a contract (details supplied) from 2017 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31123/26]

51. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport in relation to the new bus shelter contract from 2026 onwards, the total value of the contract; the number of bus shelters to be constructed in each year, nationally and specifically in County Meath; the estimated number of bus shelters to be maintained in each year, and specifically in County Meath; the estimated advertising revenue from…