Questions

42. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority conducts post-implementation traffic monitoring of junction layouts delivered under the BusConnects Core Bus Corridor Programme; the mechanism by which a junction layout approved by An Coimisiún Pleanála can be modified where observed congestion materially exceeds the traffic modelling forecasts submitted with the statutory …

43. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport the number of slip lanes proposed for removal under the BusConnects Core Bus Corridor schemes on the N11 and N31 corridors, in tabular form; the estimated cost of these works; the assessment undertaken of the impact on general traffic flow at each affected junction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52029/26]

44. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport the amount spent on the recent upgrade of the road surface along the Stillorgan road and N11 (from Leeson Street to the Loughlinstown Roundabout); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52030/26]

45. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the measures being taken to increase wheelchair access in the taxi industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52055/26]

46. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the level of engagement between the NTA, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus regarding the design and purchase of new vehicles, particularly on increasing wheelchair access and spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52056/26]

47. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport his plans to publish a new national ports policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52083/26]

48. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport the level of funding that is provided by the NTA to Galway City Council for the provision of active travel staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52084/26]

49. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport the level of funding provided by the NTA to Galway County Council for the provision of active travel staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52085/26]

50. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for the review of flight paths at Dublin Airport as stated in Dáil Éireann on 23 and 30 June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52104/26]

51. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport to provide the safety reports on the 28R and 28L runways at Dublin Airport; the analysis of dependant-mode operation of said runways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52106/26]

52. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport whether he considers that the current legislative and regulatory framework governing private vehicle clamping adequately distinguishes between motorists who deliberately fail to pay for parking and those who have already paid for parking, have not overstayed the permitted parking period, and whose payment can be objectively verified, but who inadvertently fail t…

53. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Transport the approximate timeframe for the processing and payment of an application for a person (details supplied) under the road transporters support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52124/26]

54. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Transport when the independent feasibility study for Metro Southwest in line with the Programme for Government will be commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52126/26]

55. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport to consider expanding the scrappage scheme (ICE2EV) considering the high demand displayed in applications for the pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52131/26]

56. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the 6.50am train from Athenry-Galway following his commitment that the service will be retained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52169/26]

57. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide a response to the queries raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52220/26]

58. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 1 May 2025, the current situation regarding the drafting at a national level on the proposed EU National Regional Partnership Plans; how this process has been taking place and the input at parliamentary and civil society level to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51969/26]

59. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide the amounts by which his Department or agencies within the aegis of his Department that has been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51983/26]

60. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the current interaction between Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) on lifetime property gifts within families; if his attention has been drawn to cases where parents gifting residential properties to their adult children, such as single parents or first-time buyers, to alleviate housing distress face signific…

61. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will confirm the Government received a non-binding proposal (details supplied) in August 2025 separate to the 5 September 2025 offer and to outline the details of same; to clarify the reason the August proposal was concluded to have amounted to an offer. [52054/26]

62. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of a stamp duty exemption, reduction or refund scheme for older homeowners who voluntarily downsize, or "rightsize", from larger family homes to smaller principal private residences; whether his Department has examined the potential impact of such a measure on housing mobility and on the more efficient use of ex…

63. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to state or estimate the original establishment cost of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), including the initial cost of acquiring loans, bad debts and properties; and the total net return to the State from NAMA in the intervening period, taking account of inflation where possible. [52075/26]

64. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of meetings of the Working Party on Tax Questions, including meetings dealing with indirect taxation, that are scheduled or expected to take place during the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union; whether the revision of the Tobacco Taxation Directive is expected to feature on the agenda of any such meeting; and if he will ma…

65. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether Ireland intends to table or support a Presidency compromise text on the revision of the Tobacco Taxation Directive during its Presidency of the Council of the European Union; whether he expects the file to be brought to ECOFIN for political agreement before the end of the Irish Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52119/2…

66. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether, in seeking agreement on the Tobacco Taxation Directive, Ireland will support the inclusion of novel nicotine products, including e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products and nicotine pouches, within the EU excise framework; whether Ireland supports minimum excise rates that reflect public-health objectives as well as internal-market consideration…