Parliamentary questions

189. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Transport the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49102/26]

190. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider providing an additional stop on the 243 bus service at Roskeen, Lombardstown to improve access for people living in the Banteer and Castlemagner area, where there is ample room for parking and connections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49111/26]

191. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Transport if dedicated funding will be made available to support the ongoing maintenance and upkeep of greenways in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49112/26]

192. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport his plans to establish a new driving test centre in the Leixlip and Celbridge areas. [49114/26]

193. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update in respect of bringing Spencer Dock train station back into use; the amount expended to date on the project; the annual cost of securing the site and building since 2020 to date; and the date on which it is expected to be operational [49118/26]

194. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update in respect of new access to the outer platforms at Connolly station; the amount expended to date on the project; and the date on which the access route is expected to be operational. [49119/26]

195. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update in respect of greater use and expansion of the Docklands train station in the context of DART+ west and north. [49120/26]

196. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of the number of new and/or existing PSO routes that cannot be operated due to a lack of funding in 2026. [49152/26]

197. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport the number of instances of airspace closures from 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by month and location; the reasons for these closures, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49182/26]

198. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) is expected to pay such high road tax for a car with low emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49186/26]

199. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide the most up to date schedule of costs in respect of the delivery of the Metrolink project. [49187/26]

200. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport to outline how residents who wish to purchase electric vehicles who are without off- street parking (details supplied) can access EV charging points if they purchase electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49190/26]

201. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport whether the potential health impacts on children living near general aviation airports are being considered by the relevant authorities. [49197/26]

202. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department has approved funding for a road (details supplied) that faced storm damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49206/26]

203. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport the engagement he has had with the RSA regarding a bi-lateral driver’s licence agreement between states in the USA and Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49208/26]

204. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport if he will give a directive to the RSA to begin work on a bi-lateral drivers licence agreement with the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49209/26]

205. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport the engagement he has had with his Department regarding a bi-lateral licence agreement between Ireland and the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49210/26]

206. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport further to previous replies to Parliamentary Questions (details supplied), to clarify whether the vehicle adaptation scheme will replace or operate alongside the disabled drivers and passengers scheme; the stakeholders consulted on the matter to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49226/26]

207. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered establishing a statutory mechanism whereby communities may seek exclusion from routine commercial drone delivery operations, where significant concerns arise regarding residential amenity, privacy, environmental impacts or community acceptance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49241/26]

208. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has plans to introduce a mechanism to review CIÉ occupational pensions periodically in line with inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49300/26]

209. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the dates and percentage values of all increases applied to CIÉ occupational pensions over the past 20 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49301/26]

210. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider applying the same principle used to justify periodic State Pension increases, namely protecting pensioner purchasing power against inflation, to CIÉ occupational pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49302/26]

211. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the reinstatement of the Derry to Dublin airlink; to provide an update on the tendering process to establish a PSO air service between Derry and Dublin; the timeline for when this air service will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49430/26]

212. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport whether he is aware of the current regulatory issue whereby pilots who train in the North of Ireland cannot fly aircraft in the State without having completed a conversion course; whether he is taking any actions to address this disparity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49431/26]

213. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport the steps his Department is taking to reduce the lengthy waiting time for driving test appointments at test centres in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49434/26]