118. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 16 September 2026, the child fares that will be reduced as stated in the response; if he anticipates that the fare hikes on public transport will lead to a reduction in the use of public transport as reported by the National Transport Authority, NTA, at the Oireachtas committee hearing on 16 September 2026; if he has con…
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134. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the new projected costs for MetroLink, if he will commit to delivering MetroLink within this new projected cost, if he will commit to equivalent ambition and resourcing for public transport projects outside of Dublin over the same period, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67303/26]
140. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to report on accessibility on public transport; if he is aware of concerns that many bus stops and train platforms remain inaccessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67308/26]
141. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport further to PQ64566/26 of 16 September 2026, to provide the report (details supplied); the proportion that are new services; the proportion that are enhancements; the number he expects will actually be delivered given a similar list contained in the submission for budget 2026; if the Government will commit to providing the resources to deliver these 140 new services…
219. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to address the concerns that the recently announced rise in public transport fares will discourage the use of public transport; the measures he is taking to ensure that the use of public transport is affordable; and the engagements he had with the NTA on the matter. [64566/26]
220. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to report on the engagements he had with the NTA to discuss the recently announced increase in public transport fares; to report on all meetings including the times he met with the NTA to discuss this issue in person; and the dates of these meetings including a breakdown of the dates he attended as opposed to a meeting taken by his officials. [64569/26]
221. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the work that has been carried out by his Department to analyse the impact of the recently announced fare increase on the affordability of public transport; if he will publish this analysis; and to outline a date for publication. [64568/26]
222. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether the recently announced increase in public transport fares is justified; and if he will consider reversing this increase and ensure that it does not go ahead in January 2027. [64567/26]
323. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to report on the work of public transport workforce taskforce; the dates the taskforce has met; to provide a breakdown of all subgroups, their membership and the dates they have met; to provide key achievements to date; the progress to achieving other metrics for success or objectives, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59920/26]
506. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if a proposal (details supplied) is being currently considered or will be considered in the future; the plans to improve public transport in Gortalea Cross and across Kerry and other rural areas more generally; the type of evidence needed to demonstrate sufficient demand and need in the area to justify the introduction of this service; if there are general guidelin…
531. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 16 December 2025, the new or enhanced services that were delivered to date in 2026; and to distinguish between new and enhanced services in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [57719/26]
167. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the proportion of the public transport fleet that is wheelchair accessible broken down by service; to provide a breakdown of all the funding allocated to making public transport accessible in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50830/26]
169. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the projected cost of providing all settlements with a population over 300 with at least three return services per day 7 days-a-week broken down by CapEx and OpEx funding. [50832/26]
170. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the average cost of providing a return service as part of the connecting Ireland rural mobility plan broken by CapEx and OpEx funding, in each of the years 2023 to date, in tabular form. [50833/26]
171. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding spent on purchasing electric buses since 2020 to date; the number of these buses that are in operation broken down by the year they were purchased; the number of buses that are in storage broken down by the year they were purchased; the average daily cost to maintain an electric bus in operation; the average daily cost to maintain an electric bus in sto…
176. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update of the stages of the Connecting Ireland rural bus scheme; the number of routes that have been rolled out and which are yet to be rolled out, by county, in tabular form; and the expected cost of this. [50845/26]
177. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the average first and full year cost to purchase and operate an electric bus, broken down by cap ex and op ex funding. [50846/26]
178. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the average first and full year cost to purchase and operate a green hydrogen bus, broken down by cap ex and op ex funding. [50847/26]
179. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding spent on purchasing green hydrogen buses since 2020 to date; the number of these buses that are in operation, broken down by the year they were purchased; the number of buses in storage broken down by the year they were purchased; the average daily cost to maintain a green hydrogen bus in operation; the average daily cost to maintain a green hydrogen in…
198. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered extending the young adult travel card to categories (details supplied) [51111/26]
199. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the projected total cost of establishing contactless payments on public transport in Dublin; the expected timeline for delivery; if he has considered extending this to services outside of Dublin and any associated projected costings; and expected timelines for delivery, in tabular form. [51112/26]
226. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the cost of maintaining the 20% fare reduction on public transport. [50698/26]
227. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the cost of increasing the fare reduction on public transport to 30%. [50699/26]
233. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding that has been provided to connecting Ireland rural bus scheme broken down by capex and opex funding in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50705/26]
234. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the cost to hire an additional FTE bus driver broken down by cap ex and op ex funding on public transport. [50706/26]