Parliamentary questions

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

228. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe for the Irish motor insurance database application to be rolled out to all Garda members on their mobility devices to include access to information on fleet and motor trader vehicles, with real time information on the vehicles; the reason for the delay in including information on fleet and motor trader vehicles to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21892/24]

Insurance Industry

Catherine Murphy

229. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 241 of 12 December 2023 and 112 of 22 February 2024, if data sharing agreements and the relevant contracts have been agreed yet to enable his Department to provide motor insurers access to information on his driver file database on disqualified drivers and verify the driver number of a driver on the entry, under the Road Traffic Act 2023; the current timeframe for the industry to be ready for driver number capture and verification; the work his Department need to undertake to enable additional access to NVDF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21895/24]

Road Safety Authority

Ivana Bacik

230. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the functions of the Road Safety Authority in relation to compiling and analysing data to assess the cause and distribution of road traffic accidents; and where those functions are conferred [21911/24]

Transport Policy

Aindrias Moynihan

231. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport measures being taken to roll-out refuelling stations for hydrogen vehicles nationally outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21550/24]

Electric Vehicles

Seán Sherlock

145. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the challenges faced by owners of EVs who reside in terraced houses, who wish to charge their vehicles adjacent to or directly outside their properties via an EC charging channel, where no current legal provision allows for the installation of same; whether it is intended to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21015/24]

Road Traffic Offences

Paul Murphy

146. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 30 April 2024, the number of disqualified drivers who were prosecuted for failing to surrender their licence, as set out in the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006; the number that were convicted of this offence in court in 2022 and 2023; the fines imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21021/24]

Air Navigation Orders

Neasa Hourigan

147. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport the number of exemptions sought under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989 which he refused in each of the years 2020 to present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21053/24]

Departmental Bodies

Willie O'Dea

148. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Transport if the proposed inter-departmental committee has been established to source funding options for implementing noise action plans on major roads, such as the M20 at Ballycummin, Limerick; when it is hoped the committee will issue recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21059/24]

Public Transport

Bernard Durkan

149. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport the measures currently in place, or intended to be introduced in future, to reduce the incidence of anti-social and threatening behaviour on public transport and in public transport stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21095/24]

Public Transport

Bernard Durkan

150. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport to outline the safety protocols in place should a member of the public notice anti-social behaviour on public transport and how they should react
; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21096/24]

Road Tolls

Niamh Smyth

151. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport to review correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide clarity on this matter regarding staff on M3 tolls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21116/24]

Insurance Industry

Steven Matthews

152. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Transport the actions he will take to address concerns related to the increased cost of car insurance for the majority of Irish customers; if he plans to meet with companies operating in this sector to raise these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21153/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Neasa Hourigan

153. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department for each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form and classed by firm; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [21169/24]

Aviation Industry

Paul Kehoe

105. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport if his policy allows for the production of sustainable aviation fuels and e-fuels in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20848/24]

Environmental Policy

Paul Kehoe

106. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport how Ireland will tackle the existing barriers to entry to meet its EU RED 3 environmental obligations for aviation and shipping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20850/24]

Aviation Industry

Paul Kehoe

107. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport when the task force on sustainable fuel aviation will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20853/24]

Departmental Policies

Paul Kehoe

108. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport if he is looking at mechanisms that will grant incentives to target the production of e-fuels in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20860/24]

Rail Network

Darren O'Rourke

109. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann will introduce new rapid security response hubs throughout 2024; and if so, the locations in which these new hubs will be operational, in tabular form. [20165/24]

Dublin Airport Authority

Darren O'Rourke

110. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has received the 2023 Annual Report and 2023 Audited Financial Statement from the Dublin Airport Authority; and if not, when his Department expects to receive same. [20166/24]

Electric Vehicles

John Lahart

111. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport whether he has considered a charge-back card system where the electricity used at a public EV charging point could be charged back to the person’s domestic bill at the home tariff rate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20224/24]

Road Tolls

John Lahart

112. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport if he is considering a cap on the fines for failing to pay a toll the first or second time (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20229/24]

Road Traffic Offences

Patrick Costello

113. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport the legal status for advanced stop lines at traffic lights; the offence that is committed when these lines are breached by motor vehicles. [20246/24]

Departmental Policies

Gino Kenny

114. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if the weight limit for HGVs that weigh more than 7.5 tonnes is being implemented to protect such vehicles coming into towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20250/24]

Public Transport

Duncan Smith

115. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the amount he has allocated to a project to proceed to planning in full (details supplied); whether any requests for further funding have been received by his Department; if he intends to fulfil those funding requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20262/24]

Departmental Licences

John Brady

116. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on an application for a Master 500 captain licence for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20279/24]

Departmental Staff

Carol Nolan

117. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport the number of employees within his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department who are currently suspended on full pay pending disciplinary investigations; to outline, in tabular form, the length of time these employees have been under suspension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20325/24]

National Transport Authority

Neasa Hourigan

118. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport to provide NTA surveys of passengers at Dublin Airport 2016 and 2022 (details supplied), including a legend for the codes used in these spreadsheets; and to provide data on landside origins/destinations of passenger trips to and/or from Dublin Airport based on data NTA has collected in respect of 2016 and 2022. [20336/24]

EU Programmes

Matt Carthy

119. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date; any receipts from same, by programme or fund, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20366/24]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Patrick Costello

120. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport to confirm he will implement the ruling of the High Court in respect to the CIÉ 1951 scheme and take steps to ensure that the benefits of the scheme’s active members will be protected and maintained; and that 1951 scheme pensioners will be awarded their long-awaited pension increase without delay. [20379/24]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Patrick Costello

121. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Transport to engage with CIÉ to ensure it complies with its legal obligations to appoint CIÉ board-nominated members to the statutory CIÉ 1951 scheme pensions committee, pursuant to rule 12 of the scheme. [20380/24]

Road Network

Alan Kelly

122. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport his plans to increase the funding going to local authorities to help with road reinstatement and safety schemes for regional and local roads. [20408/24]

Road Network

Alan Kelly

123. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if, given the horrendous weather over the past nine months, he will increase the total amount of funding in 2024 given to Tipperary County Council to help improve road surfaces throughout that local authority area. [20413/24]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Paul Kehoe

124. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport if he will urgently enforce an increase in the CIÉ 1951 superannuation pension scheme, with consideration to the recent report published by the independent actuarial company based on data supplied by CIÉ (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20423/24]

Transport Policy

Richard Bruton

125. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the measures in place to promote shared vehicles or bikes; whether he has assessed international practice in this arena such as a tax credit, or other incentives to expand shared use of a fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20426/24]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Ruairí Ó Murchú

126. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of a recent High Court judgement in relation to CIÉ pensions; if he will take steps to ensure that the benefits of the 1951 scheme active members will be protected and maintained and that pension increases will now be paid to these former workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20447/24]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Ruairí Ó Murchú

127. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if he will communicate with CIÉ regarding the recent High Court judgement in relation to CIÉ pensions about the obligation to appoint CIÉ board-nominated members to the statutory CIÉ 1951 scheme pensions committee, pursuant to rule 12 of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20448/24]

Bus Services

Paul Murphy

128. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport in relation to reports received highlighting issues with the 56a bus route (details supplied); if he is aware that this bus is frequently late or fails to turn up at all; if the NTA foresees these issues and if they will put a plan in place to prevent delays or no shows; and what actions are the NTA taking to resolve these issues. [20479/24]

Bus Services

Noel Grealish

129. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider introducing a dedicated funding scheme aimed at incentivising commercial bus operators to purchase alternatively fuelled vehicles; or alternatively, if he will enhance the funding under the alternatively fuelled heavy duty vehicles grant purchase scheme to support commercial bus operators to make the transition to EVs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20616/24]

Bus Services

Noel Grealish

130. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline how much funding was made available for buses under the alternatively fuelled heavy duty vehicles grant purchase scheme in 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20619/24]

Dublin Bus

Paul Donnelly

131. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the current update position regarding Dublin Bus having the necessary infrastructure installed in all buses to be able to accept credit or debit card payments. [20649/24]

Airport Policy

Paul Donnelly

132. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport when each of the public car parks within Dublin Airport were last remarked or resurfaced, in tabular form. [20650/24]

Bus Services

Paul Donnelly

133. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport when remaining phases of the BusConnects programme will come into operation. [20651/24]

Rail Network

Sorca Clarke

134. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the plans he has to solve the parking shortage at Athlone train station; if he will explore options for expanding parking facilities or implementing alternative parking arrangements to better serve commuters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20656/24]

Regulatory Impact Assessments

Louise O'Reilly

135. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 23 April 2024, in terms of the better Government requirements for a regulatory impact assessment to be conducted when transposing an EU Directive, the reason this was not done before S.I. No. 703 of 2022 implementing Article 7.3 of Directive 2014/94/EU was signed into law. [20661/24]

Middle East

Réada Cronin

136. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if he will allow the use of Ireland's flag for the freedom flotilla carrying aid to Gaza; an urgent and practical measure which would have an immediate humanitarian impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20675/24]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Mairéad Farrell

137. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport to confirm if he will respect the recent High Court judgement (details supplied) in relation to the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme, and if the pensioners will be awarded their long awaiting pension increase without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20746/24]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Mairéad Farrell

138. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if he can confirm that CIÉ will immediately comply with its legal obligations to appoint CIÉ board-nominated members to the statutory CIÉ 1951 scheme pensions committee, pursuant to rule 12 of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20747/24]

Departmental Data

Alan Kelly

139. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of taxis in Ireland, by LEA, as of 2 May 2024, in tabular form. [20826/24]

Transport Policy

Noel Grealish

140. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider eliminating the cost of toll-charging during off-peak periods for shared mobility vehicles, for example, taxis or car rental; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20874/24]

Public Transport

Jennifer Whitmore

141. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport for details of the contractual obligations of public transport companies in Ireland to provide alternative transport /replacement services during periods of planned disruption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20913/24]