186. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the number of occasions in each of the past five years in which a bus service was cancelled or curtailed due to an on-board software issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50936/26]
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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work
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157. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport his Department’s plans to reduce the frequency of ‘ghost buses’ in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46378/26]
42. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the plans for the Dublin Bus 14 route; when he anticipates any changes taking effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46359/26]
120. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport to outline every price change on the number 40 Expressway bus route from Tralee to Cork in the past ten years from 2016 to 2026, including each stop along the route and including student, child and adult fares, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31812/26]
69. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the number of daily public transport journeys that occurred in 2024 when including commercial bus services; the percentage increase this represents from the 2018 baseline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31471/26]
850. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider placing a public service obligation on the Derry-Galway route 64 bus service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26671/26]
57. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he will carry out a feasibility study on a proposed new express bus route from Oranmore to Galway city centre. [17399/26]
91. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to issues affecting commuters using the new F1 bus route in Dublin South-West; if it is acceptable in his view that workers using the bus to travel to Dublin city centre in the morning have had an additional 20 to 30 minutes added to their commute; the reason the peak-time, high-frequency timetable only applies to the northern pa…
289. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the roll-out of Phase 8 of the BusConnects programme; when he expects the roll-out to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16280/26]
290. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport his plans to expand dedicated bus lanes across Dublin; the amount of funding earmarked in the National Development Plan Sectoral Investment Plan for Transport for the construction of new bus lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16281/26]
278. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of recurring issues such as cancellations, delays, break-downs and ‘ghost buses’ on the S8 route operated by a provider (details supplied); if the operator is complying with their service level obligations in respect of this route; if he will instruct the NTA to conduct a review of the operator’s performance on this route given these issues have…
279. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport his engagements with the NTA concerning the awarding of a new contract to a public transport service operator (details supplied) for service provision in the outer Dublin metropolitan area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63186/25]
280. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport to provide a copy of the contract awarded to a public transport service operator (details supplied). [63187/25]
290. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of issues with the new BusConnects F1 route, which includes repeated late-arrivals, cancellations and ghost buses; if he is aware of concerns around the additional journey time on commuters travelling on the north-bound route when compared with the discontinued 49 route; if he will instruct the NTA to conduct a review of the new F1 route; and if…
346. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport to confirm that the proposed 81 bus route, which will replace the existing 15A route, will be rolled out in conjunction with the implementation of the A-Spine of the BusConnects network; that the 15A route will remain in-situ until that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46094/25]
347. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding provided to the NTA for the purchase of new electric buses in 2023, 2024 and 2025; whether he intends on increasing this funding for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46095/25]
532. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the roll-out of the Dublin BusConnects programme; when he expects the remaining five phases of the redesigned network to be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43120/25]
533. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the percentage of the bus fleet across all operators that has been electrified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43121/25]
536. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the number of complaints received by the NTA regarding delayed, cancelled or ghost buses in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43124/25]
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 routes; and if he wi…
255. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the severe cuts by a company (details supplied) to its routes servicing large areas of south Dublin and north Wicklow; the way he plans to fill these gaps in service to ensure residents in these areas have reliable and sustainable access to Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7423/25]
292. 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 Bus Connects 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 routes; and if he w…
154. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the current status of the BusConnects Limerick project, including the specific timelines for its delivery, given that approximately half of the primary and secondary schools in Limerick city west currently lack any bus service; and if he can provide a commitment to prioritising public transport funding to expedite the implementation of BusConn…
135. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport to ensure that bus service providers are complying with their relevant service level obligations; if any evaluation of the new routes has yet taken place, in particular in respect of the S4 and S6 routes; and if a bus company (details supplied) is currently complying with its obligations under the service level agreements in place in respect of these routes. […