Questions

563. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport in respect of a discounted app fare product (details supplied) reported to be part-funded by the driver and part-funded by the dispatch operator, the amount a driver is required to enter in the discount field of the statutory taximeter receipt, whether the driver-funded element or the total passenger discount; the amount that is to be recorded as the total fare…

564. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the auditable record that is retained of the exact metered figure manually entered by a driver into an app-based dispatch platform at the end of a journey; the way in which a driver is protected in the event that a passenger subsequently claims to have been charged a fare higher than the metered amount that the driver correctly entered into the app; and if he w…

565. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport in the case of an app-based fixed price fare (details supplied) where the passenger is charged the lower of the fixed price or the metered fare, the way in which a driver is expected to accurately calculate and record the discount on the statutory taximeter receipt in circumstances where the driver is not shown the final fare charged to the passenger; and if he…

566. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport further to the statutory requirement that a taximeter continue to calculate the metered fare even where a lower fare has been agreed, and that the driver print and offer the prescribed taximeter receipt showing the total fare payable together with a designated space for tips, discounts and tolls, whether app-based dispatch operators are required to display to t…

567. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if the Department will review and update the design and security features of the Irish Seafarer's Discharge Book, having regard to concerns that the current document is outdated and lacks the security features common to comparable documents issued by other maritime states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63398/26]

568. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the reason the TFI Waterford Bus Red Zone Leap Card does not have daily and weekly fare capping as is available in Dublin and Cork. [63392/26]

569. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under his Department’s remit who were considered to be public service personnel in June 2016 and in June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63463/26]

570. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by his Department on an annual and county basis since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63486/26]

571. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport the authoritative record when the app truncations and taximeter contain different amount when the customer has been offered a fixed price for the journey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63505/26]

572. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport if an app dispatch operator is expected to show the driver the exact final taxi fare charged to the passenger; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63504/26]

573. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport his views on concerns raised by taxi drivers in adhering to SPSV regulations around taximeter receipts given concerns that have been raised (details supplied); if these issues will be expressly addressed in the current review of dispatch operator regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63502/26]

574. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport to provide a report by the Health and Safety Authority on a complaint (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63521/26]

575. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the procedure for repairing Bus Éireann buses for noise issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63522/26]

576. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of Bus Éireann buses that have been repaired for noise issues from 2025 to date; the nature of this work; the number of buses that are yet to be done; the depots with buses with noise issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63523/26]

577. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the estimated amount it will cost to repair Bus Éireann buses for noise issues from 2025 until completion of work on all buses with these issues; the source of this funding comes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63525/26]

578. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport which body holds overall responsibility for coordinating and justifying the combined impact of overlapping BusConnects and MetroLink works in the same location; whether the National Transport Authority accepts responsibility for the modelled traffic consequences of its own BusConnects design decisions where those consequences are published in a Transport Infras…

579. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport the complete list of public transport services that receive public funding through the provision of PSO support in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63244/26]

580. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport the complete list of licensed bus routes in County Galway. [63243/26]

581. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the proposed Kylemore Station, Dart SW route; if planning and other statutory approvals have been secured; the estimated cost of progressing the project to tender and construction; the funding allocated to date; the reasons it has not proceeded to tender; whether an updated business case or funding request has been submitted; and the steps…

582. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to reintroduce the scrappage scheme, for ICE2EV given the last scheme fully sold out within 75 minutes proving high demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63598/26]

583. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to consider extending the W4 bus service from Blanchardstown to the Airport. [63707/26]

584. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of extending the W4 bus service from Blanchardstown to the Airport. [63712/26]

585. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport if the proposed funding envelope for the vehicle adaptation scheme (VAS) will be an additional fund under the budgetary process, distinct from the funding allocated for disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; the proposed maximum grant under VAS; whether motor tax, fuel grant and toll exemptions will be included for VAS recipients; whether supports for…

586. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the total cost of storing the fleet of 132 electric buses that have not been brought into use (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63755/26]

587. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the total number of electric buses out of the fleet of 132 (details supplied) that are currently in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63756/26]