Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Civil Service

Catherine Murphy

212. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he has engaged with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in respect of the role of sustainability officers in the civil service. [56942/21]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

207. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he and-or Irish Rail and-or the NTA will conduct a feasibility study in respect of extending the DART+ from Adamstown, Dublin to Sallins, County Kildare in the context of the Greater Dublin Area Transport Strategy. [56181/21]

Traffic Management

Catherine Murphy

208. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his plans to address the issue of increased traffic using the Sallins by-pass to connect to the R407 in both directions in order to avoid the M50; if his attention has been drawn to concerns in respect of HGVs using this route via Clane and Maynooth; and the steps he will take to address this. [56182/21]

Tax Exemptions

Catherine Murphy

237. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he has consulted with the Minister for Finance in respect of seeking to have included among VAT exempt services that the driver education sector be included (details supplied); and if not, his plans to engage the Minister for Finance on this issue. [55405/21]

Air Accident Investigations

Catherine Murphy

72. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will, as a priority, initiate a review of the failures identified in the report in respect of Rescue 116; and if he will publish a strategy and action steps that will address those issues within one year. [55070/21]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

206. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered the report on the future of the western rail corridor; and the action he will take in respect of a Sligo to Limerick route. [54015/21]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

83. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will engage with Irish Rail and the NTA in respect of extending DART+ West to Kilcock, County Kildare. [53836/21]

Public Transport

Catherine Murphy

215. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline his engagements with his Department, the Garda Commissioner and the NTA in respect of a dedicated transport police service. [53952/21]

Electric Vehicles

Catherine Murphy

180. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if e-scooters and e-bikes will be subject to motor tax in the context of the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021; and if so, the bands of motor tax they will be liable under. [52239/21]

National Car Test

Catherine Murphy

198. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his plans to make provision for a pause on the requirement to maintain an NCT certificate valid in instances in which a vehicle has been declared as being off the road. [52695/21]

Dublin Bus

Catherine Murphy

322. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number and percentage of the Dublin Bus fleet that is aged over 10 years. [50554/21]

Tax Data

Catherine Murphy

324. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a breakdown for 2020 and to date in 2021, of the way in which persons chose to tax their motor vehicle, that is, quarterly, bi-annually and in full; the amount raised in motor tax over these time periods; and his plans to equalise the amount due per vehicle in view of the fact that a person that pays in full pays less tax than a person that pays quarterly. [50600/21]

Cycling Facilities

Catherine Murphy

63. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a full update in respect of completion of the pedestrian and cycle connections on all sections of the Sallins bypass; and the amount required in order to complete these works. [49153/21]

Driver Licences

Catherine Murphy

89. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if a driving test application by a person (details supplied) will expedited given the applicant requires the test for work purposes; and if he will make additional resources available to the RSA to assist with the clearance of a backlog as a result of public health restrictions imposed over the past year. [49653/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Murphy

196. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if the lifting of restrictions in October 2021 will also remove the restriction on sanitary and toilet facilities at driver test centres to allow access to instructors, students and those accompanying learner drivers to lessons and tests to use these facilities. [48892/21]

Public Sector Pensions

Catherine Murphy

135. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the date on which a CIÉ pension scheme (details supplied) will commence; and if he has engaged with the company in respect of this arrangement. [47785/21]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

253. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the status of and position regarding the DART interconnector in the context of the Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2016-2035. [46260/21]

Air Services

Catherine Murphy

254. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of air routes and airlines he has engaged with in respect of the restoration of pre-pandemic air routes: if he plans to financially incentivise airlines to reinstate routes; and the amount in total he has to expend on this project. [46296/21]

Waterways Issues

Catherine Murphy

261. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to issues regarding a barrier on a walk and cycle route of the Royal Canal (details supplied); and the guidance and or policy regarding barriers and the way in which they are deployed along greenways. [46503/21]

Departmental Correspondence

Catherine Murphy

155. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if a response will issue in writing to an organisation (details supplied) in respect of its letter to him dated 26 August 2021. [44964/21]