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Bus Services
Darren O'Rourke
134. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to include Dublin Bus H1 route on a 24-7 basis. [44596/22]
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Cycling Facilities
Darren O'Rourke
135. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full-year cost of establishing a public bike scheme in County Sligo consisting of 14 bike stations and 140 bikes. [44597/22]
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Bus Services
Darren O'Rourke
136. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus users travelling on each bus route operated by Bus Éireann in Waterford in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [44598/22]
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Rail Network
Darren O'Rourke
137. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of tickets sold for the Dublin-Wexford train line in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the breakdown of tickets sold between adult single, adult return, student single, student return, child single and child return. [44599/22]
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Electric Vehicles
Seán Haughey
138. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Transport if a grant can be made available for the purchase of an electrical vehicle valued in excess of €60,000 particularly for motorists who need to travel long distances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44626/22]
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Emergency Services
Seán Haughey
139. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Transport if he will put procedures in place to ensure that there is better coordination and communication between the Irish Coast Guard, the Dublin Fire Brigade and the National Ambulance Service, in respect of rescues in the Greater Dublin Area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44628/22]
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Public Sector Pensions
Niall Collins
140. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport the status of Córas Iompair Éireann pension holders in 52 scheme negotiations; if the pension holders will receive an increase in their pension payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44661/22]
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Bus Services
Neasa Hourigan
141. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport the reason that there are inconsistencies between the Dublin Bus real-time displays at the stop and the real-time display in the mobile application; the reason that buses occasionally disappear from the real-time displays; the plans that Dublin Bus has to resolve these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44688/22]
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Bus Services
Patrick Costello
142. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct the National Transport Authority to ensure that the privatised Dublin Bus routes, formerly known as the 747 and 748, continue to accept the travel pass for use on their services [44707/22]
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Bus Services
Catherine Murphy
143. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if the BusConnects plan for Bray will be amended in view of proposals by Irish Rail and the National Transport Authority to close the level crossing at Bray Daly Station on a permanent basis. [44708/22]
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Driver Test
Brendan Smith
144. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons awaiting a driving test in the RSA Cavan driving test centre; the number of weeks that applicants are on waiting lists for a test date; when the huge delays experienced in Cavan for driving tests will be meaningfully addressed; if his attention has been drawn to the long time lag between applicants completing their required driving lessons and being facilitated with a test; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that many of the applicants are young people who need to travel for education or employment purposes, who do not have access to public transport and are disadvantaged in many ways by not having full driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44709/22]
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Driver Licences
Paul Kehoe
145. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport the up-to-date position regarding the recognition of HGV licences issued in Ukraine, Argentina and North Macedonia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44720/22]
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National Car Test
Steven Matthews
146. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a possible anomaly in the national car test in which a car being registered as being previously written off is not assessed or divulged to the owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44805/22]
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Fishing Industry
Mick Barry
147. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport the number of prosecutions that have been brought against fishing vessel owners to date by the Marine Survey Office for breaches of SI 709/2003 or SI 672/2019 governing the maximum number of daily and weekly hours of work at sea and the minimum hours rest and minimum breaks at sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44825/22]
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Departmental Reports
Mick Barry
148. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport the reason that the Clinch Report that he commissioned in early 2021 and that was subsequently submitted to his Department the following July has still not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44826/22]
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Driver Test
David Stanton
149. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport the current average wait times for driving tests in counties Cork and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44834/22]
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Electric Vehicles
Alan Farrell
150. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the number of electric vehicles sold in Ireland in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44859/22]
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Road Projects
Duncan Smith
151. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the up-to-date position of a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44912/22]
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Driver Licences
Thomas Pringle
152. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the reason that Irish persons born in Belfast, County Antrim or anywhere in the six counties have born in the United Kingdom printed on their driving licence; his views on whether persons born in the six counties are not Irish given that it would be stated on a licence for a person born in any of the other 26 counties; if this practice will be changed to say born in Ireland on all licences for persons born on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44987/22]
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National Car Test
John Lahart
153. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport if advice will be provided in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) with respect to RSA vehicle testing. [44994/22]