Bus Services

259. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for the introduction of new bus routes in Cork city. [56966/25]

260. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the review into the 203, 208, 207, 214 and 215 bus routes in Cork city. [56967/25]

277. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the estimated total committed annualised costs for bus services operating within the Dublin west area from 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57247/25]

176. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if public toilet facilities (details supplied) will be made available at Killarney bus station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56088/25]

75. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if he will extend the availability of the child Leap card to commercial bus services in line with the current policy for the young adult Leap card on commercial services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55601/25]

77. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the steps his Department is taking to encourage the uptake of hydrotreated vegetable oil for commercial bus operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55603/25]

86. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport to outline the steps being taken to ensure that bus routes (details supplied) are better serviced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55751/25]

234. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport if the L3 bus terminus is being relocated back to the Nurseries following the completion of the roadworks in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54578/25]

239. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport when each of the 12 new BusConnects spine services will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54636/25]

240. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport when the B spine BusConnects route will be implemented; if it will be implemented in advance of the infrastructural works on the Blanchardstown to city centre corridor being completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54637/25]

249. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport when the new Kerry Pike, Cork city bus route, as proposed in the BusConnects plan will be operational; the details of the service; if it will be given priority given it is a rapidly expanding area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54766/25]

270. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to capacity issues on a bus route (details supplied); the actions he will take to work with the NTA to address these concerns and improve this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54926/25]

309. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport the plans to extend the Local Link service in County Kildare; the routes under review for expansion; the timeframes involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55394/25]

315. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport if he will advise on the extension of public bus services to the upper part of Ballymoneen Road in Knocknacarra, Galway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55426/25]

111. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the number of public bus shelters under the remit of his Department or its agencies that have been subject to vandalism in each of the past five years; the total cost of repairs and replacements arising from vandalism in each of those years; if he will provide a breakdown of these figures by local authority area; and if he will make a statem…

112. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus shelters that have been subject to repeat vandalism within a twelve-month period in each of the past five years; the total cost of repairs associated with these repeat incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54260/25]

113. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the measures his Department or its agencies are taking to reduce the incidence of vandalism of bus shelters, including the use of more durable materials, CCTV, lighting, or coordination with An Garda Síochána; the number of shelters that have been upgraded to date under such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54261/25]

168. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport the additional buses that would be needed to increase the frequency to every 20 minutes on Mondays to Fridays and to every 30 minutes on the weekends for Dublin Bus route number 6 from Abbey Street towards Howth Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53995/25]

170. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will engage with Bus Éireann to address the limited public transport provision serving Cloyne, County Cork; if consideration will be given to extending the Ballinacurra service to loop through Cloyne, particularly given the town’s growing population and new housing developments; if he will further examine how enhanced bus links to Cloy…

171. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will engage with Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority to address the limited public transport provision serving towns and rural areas in east Cork, including Cloyne, Ballycotton, Ladysbridge, Garryvoe, Shanagarry and their surrounding hinterlands; if consideration will be given to extending existing services, such as those …

173. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of challenges that public service bus companies are experiencing with regarding to the international recruitment of bus drivers and bus mechanics due to changes in visa requirements; if he has he raised these challenges with other Government Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54091/25]

174. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport for an update on progress on each of the 12 spine routes for BusConnects in Dublin, indicating where each are in the planning process; which are in a judicial review process, and at what stage that judicial review process is at; if any have been tendered yet; if any are close to tender; an indication of the order in which these 12 route…

176. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the operation of the recently introduced Local Link route 862 between Cavan and Longford, which replaced the NTA route 975; if he will clarify why this service is restricted to designated stops-only, whereas previous services on the route operated on a hail-and-ride basis; if he will consider reinstating hail-and-ride; and …

70. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the bus route 235 from Cork to Rylane; the frequency of service as part of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52953/25]

71. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Transport for an update on bus route 243B from Mallow to Charleville as part of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52954/25]