334. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to allow people who are contracted by Bus Éireann to drive buses for children with additional needs to continue to do so after they reach 70 years-of-age; her views on the current policy; the engagement her Department has had with Bus Éireann on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65498/25]
Topics / Bus Services
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsBus Services
1,335 questions from 128 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
1,335
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1,312 written, 23 oral
128
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 23 |
| February 2025 | 65 |
| March 2025 | 62 |
| April 2025 | 33 |
| May 2025 | 38 |
| June 2025 | 52 |
| July 2025 | 78 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 75 |
| October 2025 | 39 |
| November 2025 | 115 |
| December 2025 | 70 |
| January 2026 | 105 |
| February 2026 | 62 |
| March 2026 | 48 |
| April 2026 | 117 |
| May 2026 | 59 |
| June 2026 | 82 |
| July 2026 | 63 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 108 |
| October 2026 | 41 |
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250. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport to detail the Christmas and New Year 2025 arrangements for Dublin Bus and Go Ahead, including any expanded late-night services, Nitelink routes and frequencies; the resourcing for drivers and fleet availability; if he will direct the National Transport Authority and Dublin Bus to publish these details no later than October each year from 2026 to provide certa…
108. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Transport the number of scheduled services that failed to operate, such as ghost buses, by route, for buses in Kildare north in each month of 2024 and 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64189/25]
109. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport if he or his Department have engaged with Bus Éireann on its review of Expressway routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64227/25]
110. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport whether he has met with Bus Éireann management regarding the future operation of Expressway bus services, which were the recent subject of media coverage (details supplied); whether he will intervene to ensure that these Expressway routes will remain in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64242/25]
114. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the review being carried out on the capacity of the 424 bus; if an additional bus route from Bearna to Galway city will be considered as a solution to the issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64341/25]
79. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the upgrade of real-time tracking of Dublin Bus services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63502/25]
80. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Transport when the promised increase on bus route 132 will finally happen, given the increased traffic volumes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63503/25]
97. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the new F-Spine routes and instruct the NTA to make the changes necessary in order that journeys are not more indirect and do not take much longer than the previous routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63318/25]
99. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport the amount in fines issued to a bus company (details supplied) and Dublin Bus in 20224 and 2025; the consequences of these fines on route allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63458/25]
101. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport the-up-to-date position on the implementation of the changes to be rolled out to the current 233 bus service; the route and frequency for implementation under the new services 233N, 233C and 233S; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63446/25]
103. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he has met with the NTA to address the 6,000 complaints submitted to the NTA in relation to cancelled, delayed or so called ghost buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63063/25]
104. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the way in which wheelchair users and others with limited mobility can be better accommodated at bus stops; the way in which the need for these stops can be highlighted to and facilitated by those responsible for their provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63381/25]
105. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the implementation of the Programme for Government commitment to expand bus services in cities and continue to strengthen local urban transport in towns. [63510/25]
118. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Transport the total investment in bus services in each county in each of the years since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63405/25]
119. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport if provision will be made to extend early morning bus services at weekends (details supplied). [63557/25]
120. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport his views on the number of cancellations by a bus company (details supplied) and Dublin Bus buses in the Dublin mid-west constituency; the efforts his Department is taking to address this level of cancelation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63457/25]
121. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport if he has been made aware of escalating issues with punctuality and reliability in Cork’s bus service. [63070/25]
128. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Transport his plans to address service reliability on bus routes in Kildare north, given repeated last-minute cancellations and ghost buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63499/25]
133. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport when technical measures to improve real time information across bus services in Dublin city will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63443/25]
134. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the 103 bus service in County Meath; the plans to improve this service to meet increasing demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63321/25]
138. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when the NTA review into the operation of bus services for Nenagh town which as was committed to will be concluded; and if consideration will be given to the creation of a transport hub in the railway station (details supplied). [58444/25]
140. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the number of passenger journeys in each of the past three years on Local Link services in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63385/25]
143. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Transport the number of passenger journeys per year on Bus Éireann route 425A in Galway; the basis on which the decision was made to reroute this service, which is considered unsustainable for the community it serves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63419/25]
147. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Transport the current prevalence of the practice of injecting additional buses along routes when such routes have reached capacity; if there are plans for increasing the frequency of this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63286/25]