Bus Services

155. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority has confirmed its budget for the local link service for this coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8771/26]

235. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the additional funding in 2026 provided by the NTA for additional Local Link routes within Mayo. [7415/26]

254. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport if a bus from Dublin 15 to Dublin Airport (N8 Route) has now been put back further to 2027. [7799/26]

298. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if consideration is being given to new bus shelters at location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7992/26]

345. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will liaise with TFI to ensure that, in areas where there is a growing population and a busy bus service (details suppled), consideration will be given to introducing smaller bus services for more vulnerable members of the community which go directly to towns rather than having multiple busy stops which are at capacity; and…

350. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport if there are smoke alarms fitted on public bus services in the county; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8365/26]

15. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the bus route proposed by the NTA in the Connecting Ireland Mobility Plan, between Nenagh and Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6686/26]

19. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the reason the 33N night bus service must serve Swords and Dublin Airport despite Swords having access to a separate twenty four hour bus service; whether the National Transport Authority has assessed alternative routings, including the option of using the Dublin Tunnel, in order to shorten journey times for passengers travelling to Rush; wh…

277. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Transport if new bus routes will be provided for counties Wicklow and Wexford under his Department’s 2026 current expenditure allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5456/26]

300. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that, following the withdrawal of the number 13 bus service along Griffith Avenue, passenger usage at bus stops on the avenue has reportedly declined by more than 50%; whether he acknowledges the impact this has had on older residents and those with limited mobility who must now travel over 500 metres to access a spine route; …

315. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide additional peak-time services on a bus route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5772/26]

318. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if a bus timetable could be erected at the bus stop in Dingle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5859/26]

330. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport whether he is aware of ongoing reliability and capacity issues on bus route 130; the steps being taken with the National Transport Authority to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6381/26]

332. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport whether additional peak hour services are planned for bus route 130; the factors considered in service planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6388/26]

333. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport whether he is aware of reports of cancelled or so called ghost bus services across the Dublin network; the steps being taken to improve real time information accuracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6389/26]

347. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport for details on the termination of a bus service (details supplied); whether a similar service is envisaged in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6504/26]

358. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the reason that the H-spine bus route, which was the first BusConnects spine route created, does not have a 24-hour service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6530/26]

360. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the reason the commencement of the new L13 bus service between Kilternan, Stepaside and Sandyford has been delayed; when it will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6533/26]

299. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to request from the NTA, further to its work to identify the Dublin Bus routes with the greatest capacity issues, the ten most affected routes, in order, including all operators, by month since July 2025. [5249/26]

300. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if the NTA are considering a bus service for the town of Tullamore under the Town Bus Programme; when a decision will be made in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5263/26]

301. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport the towns which have been previously been approved by the NTA for a bus service under the Town Bus Programme; the towns which now have an operational service; the number using this service daily; the cost of this service, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5264/26]

55. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the progress achieved in the delivery of Bus Connects for Dublin in 2025. [4774/26]

58. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority can be requested to provide bus stops in Milltown, County Kerry, and make improvements to bus connectivity and frequency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4845/26]

62. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of electric buses have been purchased by Bus Éireann and the NTA for national, city and town services that are not in use; the reason for this; and whether a lack of charging facilities is stopping the use of these buses. [5023/26]

67. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the date for bus connects network to begin in Cork City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5090/26]