Parliamentary questions

Airport Policy

Colm Brophy

193. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Transport who funds and has oversight for the One Complete Solution service which provides passenger assistance to people with disabilities and reduced mobility at Irish airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22593/24]

Road Projects

Catherine Murphy

194. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the funding provided by his Department on a local authority basis in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 in respect of national secondary roads and local primary and secondary roads, by amount and road type, in tabular form. [22607/24]

Insurance Coverage

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

195. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Transport if e-scooters and other powered personal transporters are covered by public liability insurance in the same way bicycles are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22610/24]

Insurance Coverage

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

196. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Transport whether regulations surrounding insurance for e-scooters and powered personal transporters of a certain power are forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22611/24]

Driver Test

James Lawless

197. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport for an update on driving test cancellation lists and whether they have been discontinued or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22628/24]

Departmental Reports

Duncan Smith

198. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport to provide a timeline for release of the Killucan-Rathwire and Kinnegad area transport environs study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22645/24]

Airport Policy

Pauline Tully

199. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the total funds raised through the persons with reduced mobility charge in the past five years, broken down by year and, by Irish airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22656/24]

Airport Policy

Pauline Tully

200. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of how the monies raised through the persons with reduced mobility charge have been spent over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22657/24]

Airport Policy

Pauline Tully

201. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport if all the monies raised through the persons with reduced mobility charge are spent on the provision of services and supports for people with reduced mobility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22658/24]

Traffic Management

John McGuinness

202. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to deal with the road traffic issues on the N25, Waterford to Glenmore Road, relating to the volume and speed of traffic and the dangers of accessing the N25 from the local roads network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22664/24]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

203. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann plans to increase the number of carriages on the 8.35 a.m. DART between Bray and Dublin Connolly. [22891/24]

Legislative Process

Catherine Murphy

204. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport when each remaining section of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 will be signed into law. [22892/24]

Bus Services

Gino Kenny

205. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the deterioration in the frequency of the 41C bus route over the past three years and of the persistent failure of buses to arrive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22913/24]

Bus Services

Pauline Tully

206. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons who have used each Local Link bus service within Cavan and Monaghan in both directions in the years 2023 and to date in 2024. [22945/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Claire Kerrane

207. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if he will seek an increase for CIÉ retired pensioners who have had no pension increase since 2008; if he will engage to seek an increase for these workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22960/24]

Departmental Meetings

Catherine Murphy

208. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance when he last spoke formally to the CEO of the European Investment Bank. [22374/24]

Tax Exemptions

Thomas Pringle

209. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance whether he would consider implementing plans to remove VAT on factor 50 sun cream in order to encourage people to use it, in the context of the growth in skin cancer in the country and the important preventative role it can play; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22441/24]

Tax Exemptions

Catherine Connolly

210. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance his plans to remove sun cream factor 50 from VAT, in order to encourage people to use it in the context of the growth in skin cancer in the country and the important preventative role sun cream can play; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22445/24]

Tax Exemptions

Niall Collins

211. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a reduction in VAT on safety clothing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22481/24]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

212. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the mortgage interest tax credit that were rejected on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax liability. [22485/24]