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Wed, 22 Jun 2022
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Bus Services
Holly Cairns
18. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps that he is taking to ensure that all public buses or buses operating public service contracts have the capacity to carry bikes. [33180/22]
Wed, 22 Jun 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Brendan Griffin
19. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport when the active travel scheme will open for applications from local authorities in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33196/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Legislative Measures
Dara Calleary
105. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline plans to change the law to allow bus drivers over the age of 70 years to drive buses up to the age of 75 years; the prosed timescale and conditions of the change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31779/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Bus Services
Mark Ward
106. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport the reason the National Transport Authority ceased the 88X bus route and curtailed the 51D bus routes; and if the service will be returned. [31780/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
107. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide the register of approved driving instructors including the number of instructors by category; the number of individual instructors who have left the register and the number of new entrants to the register by year since regulation began in 2009; and the number of ADIs giving regular lessons, that is more than 50 EDTs in a year in tabular form. [31797/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
108. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details on the approved syllabus for each part of the three part approved driving instructors qualification process; if he will further provide the training resources and syllabus for the biannual check test for approved driving instructors, including information on the training provided by the Road Safety Authority to any candidate who fails their first or second attempt at this test. [31798/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
109. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide information on the training provided to approved driving instructors by the Road Safety Authority with particular attention to courses and resources in relation to teaching people with disabilities such as impaired hearing and vision, also dealing with learners with conditions such as dyspraxia, people on the autism spectrum and people with language difficulties or that are non-verbal. [31799/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
110. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he will recognise that during the EDT programme the sponsor hours element of the process makes up 75% of the learner drivers required training time; and the way the RSA proposes to regulate those vital hours which are currently seen by most learners as totally optional and difficult to perform due to insurance and financial concerns. [31800/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
111. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport his views on the effectiveness of the current EDT system for learner drivers paying particular attention to any improvement in overall deaths or casualties on the roads and to driving test pass rates; his views on the reduced EDT program and the safety related research that was done before this was approved. [31801/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
112. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the amount of money approved driving instructors have paid per year for student logbooks and the way the profit is distributed; his views that logbooks should be delivered with the learner permit as this is the first point of contact with learners and that independent contractors should not be expected to cover the costs out of their own pockets. [31802/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
113. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the body or authority that established the use of the approved driving instructor check test together and if his Department approved this system as an acceptable form of assessment of approved driving instructors. [31803/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
114. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the number of approved driving instructors that died of Covid and the research, if any, that the Road Safety Authority or the Department of Transport commissioned into the way to safely work in a car and the guidance the RSA shared with ADIs. [31804/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
115. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving tests cancelled due to driving testers being positive for Covid. [31805/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
116. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the number of approved driving instructors that did not renew their registration over the full duration of the register and in the past 3 years. [31806/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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National Car Test
Michael McNamara
117. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport the costs to his Department and or the Road Safety Authority associated with developing a NCT centre at Smithstown, Shannon, County Clare before such a development was cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31807/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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National Car Test
Michael McNamara
118. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport if a suitable alternative location for the proposed new NCT centre for Shannon, County Clare has been found; the timeframe that is being placed on the proposed development being operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31808/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Aviation Industry
James Lawless
119. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport his views on fluctuation in prices for the purchase of seats with an airline (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31823/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Ports Policy
Denise Mitchell
120. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the status of the Dublin Port pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31831/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Rail Network
Ciarán Cannon
121. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Transport the details of the timeline for the completion of double tracking of the rail line connecting Athenry to Galway city. [31873/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Haulage Industry
Ciarán Cannon
122. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has provided funding to an association (details supplied) over the past 20 years; and if so, the amount involved. [31874/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Bus Services
Jennifer Whitmore
123. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport the steps that will be taken in relation to the buses that will no longer be in use once the new electric buses are delivered; the timeline for the 800 buses; the areas in which they will be allocated, delivered and up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31921/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Road Network
Thomas Pringle
124. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if changes will be made to the local improvement scheme to widen the scope for applications to the scheme; if the need for the road to be used for farming will be changed to include a large number of roads in west Donegal which are widely used by the public but not used for farming purpose due to the rocky nature of the land in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31933/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Road Network
Thomas Pringle
125. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport when the N2 upgrade will be carried out; if plans are in place to upgrade the road from Letterkenny to Lifford to link-up with the new A5 motorway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31935/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Bus Services
Bríd Smith
126. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport the planned total investment in the national public service obligation bus fleet; and the increase anticipated in over all fleet numbers per year to 2030, in tabular form (details supplied). [32014/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Bus Services
Bríd Smith
127. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost and number of fully electric vehicle buses to be added to he national fleet between now and 2030, in tabular form. [32015/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Bus Services
Bríd Smith
128. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport the planned increases in bus fleet numbers in public service obligation services in Galway, Cork Limerick and Waterford city services between now and 2030, in tabular form. [32016/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Bus Services
Bríd Smith
129. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport the current total number of buses in the fleet of companies (details supplied); and the number of bus vehicles in these companies that are not included in the public service obligation numbers in tabular form. [32017/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Road Signage
Michael Healy-Rae
130. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if a matter in relation to signage at a location (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32042/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Bus Services
Cathal Crowe
131. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider allowing the transfer of Ukrainian bus driver licences to an Irish bus driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32074/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Córas Iompair Éireann
Patrick Costello
132. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 4 May 2022, if he will provide a further update on the timeline to confirm the statutory instrument to give effect to the changes agreed in the CIÉ regular wages scheme. [32134/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Road Safety
Thomas Gould
133. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 24 May 2022, if he will instruct the Road Safety Authority to issue an answer on the aforementioned question. [32181/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Bus Éireann
Alan Kelly
134. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers that used Bus Éireann route 355 services in each direction in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [32211/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Rail Network
Alan Kelly
135. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue generated through parking charges within car parks at Iarnród Éireann stations in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [32212/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Bernard Durkan
136. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport when a driver theory test will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32241/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Dublin Airport Authority
Ivana Bacik
137. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if staffing shortages in Dublin Airport have been exacerbated by the expiration of stamp 2 visas on 31 May 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32274/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Dublin Bus
Duncan Smith
138. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority has engaged with Dublin Bus or other operators on route alignments with regard to the provision of bus services in the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32280/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Bus Services
Duncan Smith
139. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for the introduction of additional 24/7 bus routes given the lack of late night transport in Dublin city making it unsafe for persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32281/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Road Safety
Róisín Shortall
140. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport the stopping distance formula used by the Road Safety Authority Chief Operations Officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32357/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Road Safety
Róisín Shortall
141. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport the name of the company used to provide independent third party analysis of responses from candidates for the role of Road Safety Authority Chief Operations Officer; the stopping distance formula used by this company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32358/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Road Safety
Róisín Shortall
142. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport if a company (details supplied) was used to provide independent third party analysis of responses from candidates for the role of Road Safety Authority Chief Operations Officer; the stopping distance formula used by this company; if this company was not used, the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32359/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Bus Services
Seán Sherlock
143. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the status of a bus shelter (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32382/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Bus Services
Seán Sherlock
144. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the status of a bus shelter (details supplied). [32383/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Bus Services
Seán Sherlock
145. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport if consideration is being given to utilise the top of bus shelters for biodiversity and the growing of pollinator friendly flowers. [32384/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Public Transport
Darren O'Rourke
146. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of taxi vehicles currently registered which will be affected by the ten year vehicle age limit between now and 1 January 2023 and between now and 31 December 2023, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32386/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Pearse Doherty
147. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a Cat D driving test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32398/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Greenways Provision
Peadar Tóibín
148. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if a national framework exists to govern the process of converting a disused rail line into a greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32399/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Tax Data
Pearse Doherty
149. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the estimated first and full-year cost of equalising quarterly, half-year and annual payment costs of motor tax equal to the annual payment cost. [32479/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Public Transport
Duncan Smith
150. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of what happens to unused credit on LEAP cards that have not been activated in at least 12 months; the way that the National Transport Authority managed the deposits paid for LEAP cards; the total number of LEAP cards that have been issued since the introduction of the card; the total number of cards have not been activated in the past 12 months; the total balance of unused credit on those cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32508/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Rail Network
Darren O'Rourke
151. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the status of Ballisodare train station; if he has any plans to reopen the station; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the station is in extensive disrepair and is causing concern that someone will be injured as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32528/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Insurance Industry
Michael Creed
152. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport if he will engage with the Irish Motor Insurance industry in regard to credit for previous driving experience in respect of Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32557/22]