Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Funding

Catherine Murphy

201. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will make funds available to support the maintenance of active travel projects (details supplied); and if he will set out his rationale for not funding the maintenance of active travel projects. [14716/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

227. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 21 March 2023, if he will confirm that information is also provided to An Garda Síochána by his Department by electronic transfer; if a driving licence or learner permit has been surrendered as a result of a court-ordered disqualification; if he will report on the improvements that have been made to the system that shares details of disqualifications with An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15464/23]

Official Engagements

Catherine Murphy

187. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of engagements he and/or his officials have had in the past five years to date with CIE and or the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, in respect of the CIE 1951 superannuation scheme; and if he will consider engaging an actuary to conduct a review of the scheme. [14454/23]

Social Media

Catherine Murphy

188. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the protocols and or guidelines he has issued in respect of the use of personal social media accounts by officials in his Department; the number of sanctions imposed by his Department on its own officials in the past ten years to date in respect of social media output by its officials, verbal, written or otherwise; if social media platforms are restricted on his Department’s network; if an application (details supplied) is available to use and or download onto Departmental-issued mobile phones; and if not, if it is barred from use. [14523/23]

Road Network

Catherine Murphy

190. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will set out his plans to review and amend the designation and or classification of national roads; and the date on which his officials last conducted such a review. [14540/23]

Airport Security

Catherine Murphy

191. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of the measures he plans to put in place in 2023 to enhance airport security and passenger screening at Dublin Airport. [14553/23]

Driver Licences

Catherine Murphy

281. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the current procedure used by the RSA for notifying An Garda Síochána in relation to cases where drivers who are disqualified do not surrender their licences or learner permit to the RSA; and the plans of the RSA to put in place an electronic system of notification for non-surrender of licences or learner permits to assist the gardaí in expediting enforcement in these cases. [13308/23]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

303. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if full catering facilities will resume on the Dublin to Sligo train service before the end of Q3, 2023. [14038/23]

Departmental Bodies

Catherine Murphy

70. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE staff by job title working in the railway accident investigation unit and air accident investigation unit as of 2 March 2023; the number of vacancies by job title in both RAIU and AAIU; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [11694/23]

Semi-State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

71. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE staff by job title working in the finance department of Iarnród Éireann as of 1 March 2023. [11695/23]

Air Safety

Catherine Murphy

4. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to further securitise airspace in the context of the safety of persons in aircraft and on the ground regarding drone activity and interference; and if he has engaged with the Minister of State in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of designing more robust regulations in respect of drone use in local authority jurisdictions. [10762/23]

Public Transport

Catherine Murphy

161. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue generated through advertisement on billboards in train and bus stations in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [10633/23]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

189. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of all special advisers employed in his Department; their roles; and their annual salaries. [9713/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

194. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged by his Department and bodies under his aegis in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; if he will include the fees expended, name of personality and campaign they were engaged on; and if he will also provide the key performance indicators in respect of their engagement. [9909/23]

Tax Rebates

Catherine Murphy

184. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will expedite the issuing of a motor tax refund to a person (details supplied). [9412/23]

Tax Rebates

Catherine Murphy

185. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule indicating the number of requests for a refund of motor tax that are outstanding by county; and the amount of motor tax refunded in the past ten years to date by county. [9413/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Catherine Murphy

187. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that he will not sign any amending Statutory Instrument changing the benefits of members of the CIÉ ‘1951 Scheme’ because the ‘1951’ Committee of Trustees’ independent actuary has confirmed that the ‘1951 Scheme’ now meets the minimum funding standard provisions of the Pensions Act 1990 and is solvent. [9456/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Catherine Murphy

188. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will direct CIÉ to provide a detailed explanation, including all of the outstanding information sought by the statutory ‘1951 Scheme’ Committee of Trustees, in respect of the failure of the CIÉ Board to act in a timely manner in relation to investment decisions from the end of March 2020 to 13 May 2020, and which lead to an as yet unspecified financial loss to the pension scheme it was responsible for; and if he will provide answers to the preliminary questions outlined in the Elected Trustee Bulletin, dated 20 February 2023. [9457/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Catherine Murphy

189. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will request specific details from CIÉ (details supplied). [9458/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Catherine Murphy

190. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will direct CIÉ to respond to the queries posed by this Deputy’s Elected Trustees in relation to Agreed Actuarial Protocols, as outlined in its Elected Trustee Bulletin, dated 20 February 2023. [9459/23]

Road Traffic Offences

Catherine Murphy

99. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers disqualified in each year since 2016; the number who surrendered their licence to the RSA each year from 2016 following disqualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9224/23]

Parking Provision

Catherine Murphy

190. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the campaign of an organisation (details supplied); if gardaí have any powers of enforcement in respect of disabled parking bays in private car parks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8299/23]

National Transport Authority

Catherine Murphy

191. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority was involved in relation to the establishment of setting standards for maintenance and enforcement of disabled parking bays, both public and private and if so, if he will provide details of same. [8300/23]

National Transport Authority

Catherine Murphy

194. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority will provide for the installation of a bus shelter at Dublin Bus Stop Nos. 495 and 4132. [8342/23]

Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Catherine Murphy

195. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the amount that was retained in overpaid tolls by Transport Infrastructure Ireland in respect of the M50 in 2022; and if Transport Infrastructure Ireland will develop a scheme through which it can refund and-or redistribute the excess funds. [8343/23]

Semi-State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

188. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be provided in respect of the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2022; if his Department collects the funds and forwards it to the central fund or whether it goes directly; if over that period his Department has requested an increase in respect of the dividend due over it’s percentage shareholding; the number of occasions that it waived the dividend; the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7915/23]

Driver Test

Catherine Murphy

142. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of learner drivers per year in each of the years 2019 to 2022 that failed to turn up for their scheduled driving test appointment; the number of driving tests lost per year through no-shows; his plans to introduce measures to ensure that learner permit holders sit a driving test before they can obtain a subsequent learner permit from the RSA; the number of learner permits renewed by the RSA each year to drivers who did not show up for their scheduled driving test appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6622/23]

National Car Test

Catherine Murphy

77. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify whether the NCT operator has a sanctioned derogation in respect of the qualifications that testing staff must have in order to test vehicles in the European Union. [5599/23]

Driver Test

Catherine Murphy

205. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the waiting times for D category vehicle driving tests at all driving test centres in County Kildare in tabular form. [4197/23]

State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

206. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the amount that Iarnród Éireann generated through sales of refurbishments sold on intercity rail trains in 2019; and the amount it cost Iarnród Éireann for same in 2019. [4198/23]

National Car Test

Catherine Murphy

219. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify whether the contract to provide NCT services was put to tender in 2020, or if it was rolled over as part of continuity of services built into the original contract. [4292/23]

National Car Test

Catherine Murphy

220. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of new and planned NCT centres that an organisation (details supplied) has and-or will deliver; and if he will provide a schedule of NCT centres that will be refurnished in 2023, 2024 and 2025. [4293/23]

National Car Test

Catherine Murphy

221. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of NCT tests an organisation (details supplied) provided without charging for in each of the years 2015 to 2022, and to date in 2023. [4294/23]

National Car Test

Catherine Murphy

195. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his plans to reform the national car test; his plans to move away from a first date on which a vehicle is registered in the context of due test dates; and if he has engaged with insurance providers in the context of providing cover in the absence of a valid NCT certificate for the vehicle. [3885/23]

National Car Test

Catherine Murphy

4. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the steps that he will take to address the difficulties that persons are having in obtaining an appropriate date on which to put their vehicle through the NCT. [2608/23]

Transport Policy

Catherine Murphy

165. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he and-or the National Transport Authority have taken and-or will take into consideration the latest census population data in the context of the provision of public transport and the capacity of same; and if current public transport strategies will be amended to take account of new population data from the Central Statistics Office. [2595/23]

Road Projects

Catherine Murphy

172. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of updates for the development of new vehicular and or pedestrian bridges in Celbridge, Newbridge and Clane in County Kildare. [2481/23]

Road Projects

Catherine Murphy

197. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to drop the plan to develop an M50 resilience road in the context of Government plans to reduce traffic emissions (details supplied). [63931/22]

State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

228. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue that CIÉ generated through advertisement boards within train and bus stations in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and the rates CIÉ charges for such advertisement. [1202/23]

Official Engagements

Catherine Murphy

229. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport when he last met the CEO of Bus Éireann; and the topics that were discussed with the CEO. [1203/23]

Departmental Projects

Catherine Murphy

194. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of the current greenway and blueway projects broken down by section; the current status of each section; and the costs to date associated with the sections and planned completion dates. [63068/22]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

197. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he and-or the National Transport Authority have conducted a survey in respect of delivering a regular bus service to link Leixlip and Celbridge towns to Tallaght Hospital, in view of the variety of services that that hospital location provides for persons in the aforementioned areas. [63107/22]

Coast Guard Service

Catherine Murphy

198. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his plans to establish an independent inquiry into the management of the Irish Coast Guard. [63127/22]

Cycling Facilities

Catherine Murphy

208. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the date on which the active travel corridor that was supposed to be constructed from the Sallins bypass to the new school at Millennium Park will be completed (details supplied). [61753/22]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

216. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if Dublin Bus plans to have a 51X Bus departing UCD Belfield going towards Dunawley at 6.20 p.m. on Monday to Friday during term periods only. [61887/22]

Coast Guard Service

Catherine Murphy

217. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the current status of a new Coast Guard building in Howth; and the amount that his Department has spent on this project to date. [61888/22]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

218. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport when each of the remaining parts of the BusConnects Dublin programme will come into operation. [61889/22]

Road Projects

Catherine Murphy

219. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if project Bruce will take into consideration plans to establish an M50 resilience road; if he has plans to toll the proposed new route; if he will provide an update on the proposed route; and if the options that have been developed have been considered and one chosen. [61904/22]

Transport Policy

Catherine Murphy

130. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he and or his officials have engaged with the insurance providers in respect of the insurability of electric bikes and electric scooters; if he will provide the outcome of those engagements; if he has offered direction to the Revenue Commissioners in respect of certain categories of personal e-transport; and the way in which it should proceed with its role in relation to those modes. [60959/22]

Road Projects

Catherine Murphy

149. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the balance that will be funded by the Department of Transport for the non-national road element of the R407 Sallins Bypass and Osberstown Interchange in 2023 and 2024 (details supplied). [60444/22]