Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Transport Policy

Catherine Murphy

165. 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 in the context of theft of vehicle and personal injury to owners and 3rd parties; if he will provide the outcome of those engagements; and if he will provide an update in respect of his engagements with the Revenue Commissioners in respect of certain categories of personal e-transport. [60960/22]

Departmental Meetings

Catherine Murphy

67. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide the attendance record of his Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development board meetings since 2015 to date, in tabular form. [59693/22]

Dublin Bus

Catherine Murphy

209. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will reinstate the Dublin Bus Kilcock to Dublin service. [59265/22]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

223. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of the employment status in the civil service of each civilian driver who has been replaced by an official Garda driver in his Ministerial driver corps; if VER payments have issued; and if any cases have been presented to the WRC to date on foot of the changes. [59777/22]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Murphy

164. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule by local authority, heading and amount of the funding and grants returned and or unspent in part or in full to his Department in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [58594/22]

Transport Policy

Catherine Murphy

63. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed by his officials and or representatives of a company (details supplied) that holds concessions in Ireland in respect of transport infrastructure regarding the future direction of the company. [58297/22]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

227. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number and percentage of the Dublin Bus fleet that is aged zero to one years old, between two and four years old, between five and eight years old, between nine and 12 years old and over 12 years old as of 16 November 2022, in tabular form. [58019/22]

Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Catherine Murphy

228. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the amount that Transport Infrastructure Ireland has spent on road remarking and maintenance works on both the M50 and M4 in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [58020/22]

National Transport Authority

Catherine Murphy

232. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his Department and the NTA conduct gender and age audits of the NTA’s transport projects in the context of bus, rail, light rail, PSVs and sustainable travel methods, including walking; and if he will provide a schedule of audits and the dates on which they were conducted and locations. [58160/22]

Road Safety

Catherine Murphy

147. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of disqualification court orders received from the Courts Service per year from 2017 to date in 2022 in which the RSA could not match a disqualification against drivers who have an Irish driving licence or learner permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57197/22]

Road Safety

Catherine Murphy

148. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that the automation process for sending notification of driver disqualifications by the Courts Service to Transport, which went live in September 2022 in phase 1 of the programme of work, will only automate records of disqualified drivers where a driver number has been captured; if he will report on the progress of phase ll of the programme of work which will cover all remaining records and the date set for completion of phase ll; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57198/22]

Road Safety

Catherine Murphy

149. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of driver disqualifications received from the Courts Service per year from 2017 to date in 2022 which resulted in mismatches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57199/22]

Driver Licences

Catherine Murphy

179. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of learner permit holders disqualified in each year since 2016; the number who surrendered their learner permit to the RSA each year from 2016 following disqualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56312/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

171. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his Department and all bodies under his Department’s aegis have reviewed their estates' portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54227/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

172. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number and type of unused and or unoccupied buildings in his Department’s estates’ portfolio and all bodies under his Department’s aegis. [54245/22]

Airport Security

Catherine Murphy

173. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the date that the next recruitment campaign will commence in respect of airport police officers; and the number of airport police in this jurisdiction by rank and location. [54248/22]

Airport Security

Catherine Murphy

174. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of fixed payment notices issued by airport police at each of the State’s airports in the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the value of same. [54249/22]

Airport Security

Catherine Murphy

175. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of stop-and-searches conducted by airport police at each of the State’s airports in the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the number of arrests made by airport police at each of the State’s airports in that timeframe. [54250/22]

Cycling Facilities

Catherine Murphy

185. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide for a cycle lane and footpath to a sports club (details supplied) in Prosperous, County Kildare. [54414/22]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

193. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 25 October 2022, the number of disqualification court orders received from the Courts Service in each year from 2017, whereby the RSA could not match a disqualification against drivers who have an Irish driving licence or learner permit; the number of disqualified drivers with Irish driving licences recorded on the 'Shell record' file created by the NVDF each year; the number of Irish learner permit holders recorded on the 'Shell record' file each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54657/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

236. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of officials in his Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date; the grade of each official; and the cost for each attendee in tabular form. [55492/22]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

237. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if Dublin Bus will provide an additional 41x bus journey departing Knocksedan going towards UCD Belfield at 08.00 am services and an additional 41x bus journey departing UCD Belfield going towards Knocksedan at 6.15 pm on Monday to Fridays. [55511/22]

Dublin Airport Authority

Catherine Murphy

238. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of full-time staff by job title working in the marketing department of the Dublin Airport Authority as of 1 November 2022. [55512/22]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

239. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the date on which Iarnród Éireann will commence the replacement of the roof at Newbridge train station. [55513/22]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

167. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the date on which he will publish the all-island rail review; and the amount expended on the review to date.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54035/22]

Dublin Bus

Catherine Murphy

170. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will use whatever powers that are available to him to urgently compel CIÉ Dublin Bus to refurbish and bring Nos. 10-13 Conyngham Road, Dublin 8 back into residential use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54075/22]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

210. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the “exceptional file” also known as the ghost file generated by his Department’s driver and vehicle computer services division; the number of disqualifications received from the Courts Service each year since 2017 that were inputted to the exceptional file due to the fact that the disqualification cannot be matched automatically to a driver on the national driver file database; the number of disqualifications on this exceptional file sent by his Department each year since 2017 to the RSA's outsourced agency (details supplied) in order to try to match the disqualification to a driver; the number of disqualifications on the exceptional file that were successfully matched to a driver each year since 2017 through this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52722/22]

Cycling Facilities

Catherine Murphy

199. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide the usage statistics for the individual stations of the Limerick bike scheme that are available between 2016 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52621/22]

Cycling Facilities

Catherine Murphy

200. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the membership figures of the public bike scheme in counties Limerick, Galway and Cork in each year between 2016 and 2022.
[52622/22]

Cycling Facilities

Catherine Murphy

201. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the total cost per annum between 2016 and 2022 to run the public bike scheme in counties Limerick, Clare and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52623/22]

Cycling Facilities

Catherine Murphy

202. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the current membership figures for the Waterford public bike scheme; and the total cost to date of the scheme and details on the operational contractor for this scheme. [52624/22]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

219. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of instances in which an Irish rail bridge has been struck by a vehicle in Dublin county and city in the past two years to date in 2022; the same information in respect of level crossing gates being struck; and the number of acts of vandalism on Irish rail assets and property in the same time period. [51160/22]

Public Transport

Catherine Murphy

246. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of fines issued by Dublin Bus, Irish Rail and the Luas operator to passengers for fare evasion and being in possession of an invalid travel ticket and or leap card in 2021 and to date in 2022; the totality of fines collected by each operator; the number of appeals by passengers that were successful and unsuccessful; and the number of instances in which the case progressed to a summons being issued by a district court; and a breakdown of the outcome of court cases. [51589/22]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

249. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of new buses that have been added to the Dublin Bus fleet in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of buses withdrawn from the fleet during the same period; and the amount of funding that has been provided by the National Transport Authority to purchase extra buses for Dublin Bus in 2023. [51854/22]

Official Travel

Catherine Murphy

250. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if the Minister of State within his Department met with senior officials of airline corporations (details supplied) when she recently travelled to the United Arab Emirates. [51855/22]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

251. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the amount that Iarnród Éireann spent on installation of artwork display at Howth Junction/Donaghmede train station. [51856/22]

Judicial Reviews

Catherine Murphy

188. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of judicial reviews taken against his Department in the past ten years to date in 2022, in tabular form; if he will indicate in the reply the body and or person that initiated judicial review proceedings; the number of judicial reviews that remain open and or active; and the totality of costs incurred by his Department as a result of judicial reviews over that time period. [50766/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

32. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of the number of staff by grade who are assigned on a full-time basis to liaise and provide support to the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in order for that Department to fulfil its areas of responsibility in respect of providing for the needs of those seeking international protection and persons categorised by virtue of the temporary protection directive by the European Union; and if he will provide a schedule of the services that his Department provides to the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in that regard. [50460/22]

Marine Accidents

Catherine Murphy

92. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if it is intended for the chief surveyor to have oversight of the proposed new marine accident investigation unit; and if so, the measures that are being considered to prevent any conflicts of interest. [48845/22]

Marine Accidents

Catherine Murphy

93. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will detail the impact of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board dissolution on currently contracted investigators; if investigators have been notified of the planned dissolution of the MCIB; and if it is intended to transfer these contracts to the marine accident investigation unit once it is formed. [48846/22]

Road Safety Authority

Catherine Murphy

103. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the extent to which the Road Safety Authority engaged and-or consulted with advanced driver instructors in the context of the latest essential driver training review; the full costs associated with the review; the consultancy that conducted the latest review; the costs and the name of the consultant that produced the 2009 report; and if the RSA will clarify whether a tender process was utilised to engage a consultant. [47815/22]

Transport Costs

Catherine Murphy

107. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will broaden the age threshold of the young adult Leap card for third level students, in view of the fact that a cohort of students begin third level education at 18 years of age. [47390/22]

Departmental Reviews

Catherine Murphy

86. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of the costs for all live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by him; and the details of the person or body that is conducting each study, review and research project in tabular form. [47054/22]

Parking Provision

Catherine Murphy

94. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport when each of the public carparks within Dublin Airport was last remarked and or resurfaced; and when each of these public carparks will be next scheduled to be remarked and or resurfaced in tabular form. [47165/22]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

95. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers who used each Dublin Bus Nitelink bus route to date in 2022. [47166/22]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

97. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the additional security personnel that will be provided by Iarnród Éireann at train stations, and onboard trains for the upcoming Halloween period; and the additional security that the Luas operator will provide over the same time period.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47206/22]

State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

21. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his plans to dissolve the marine casualty investigation board; the timeline for doing so; and the reasoning behind this decision. [46085/22]

State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

22. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the reason that the proposed new marine accident investigation unit will operate within his Department; the proposed involvement of his Department in the marine accident investigation unit; and the way in which the requirements under European Union law for an independent marine accident investigator will be met. [46086/22]

Departmental Reports

Catherine Murphy

23. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the reason that the Clinch Report has not been published by his Department in view of the fact that it was received in July 2021 and given that he had committed to its publication by the end of the first quarter of 2022; if he will make arrangements to publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46087/22]

Road Traffic Offences

Catherine Murphy

194. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 12 July 2022, if the work has now been completed by his Department and the Road Safety Authority to provide for electronic transfer of driver disqualification details from the Courts to the National Vehicle and Driver File; the proposed date for this new system to go live; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45658/22]