Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Dublin Bus

Neasa Hourigan

121. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on Dublin Bus plans to convert its site at the Broadstone bus depot into offices and a training centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15805/23]

Bus Services

Michael Healy-Rae

122. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the standard of bus being used for the LocalLink services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15844/23]

Pension Provisions

Mary Lou McDonald

123. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 21 March 2023, if he will confirm that he has submitted the business case and consent request to the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform as required regarding a company's (details supplied) approved pension increase as submitted to him in July 2022. [15881/23]

Rail Network

Bríd Smith

124. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe for commencement and completion of the DART+ South West project and its infrastructural works; if he will provide the details of the proposal for a station in Ballyfermot; the timeframe for the delivery of same; if Irish Rail has a dedicated liaison office to liaise with residents in areas such as Kylemore in Ballyfermot whose property may be affected by the works involved; if CPOs on gardens have been issued to these residents; if negotiation and consultation will take place with these residents ahead of any such CPO or proposed works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15925/23]

Departmental Programmes

Seán Canney

125. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport if the active travel scheme has been collectively assessed under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 to determine if the scheme complies with the Act, bearing in mind that it includes plans to build out 1,500 km of footpaths and cycleways; if he will publicise the results of the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15973/23]

Public Transport

Bríd Smith

126. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if the authors of a report (details supplied) commissioned by the NTA on fare-fee public transport can provide a figure for CO2 emission savings from a 1% decline in car usage; and if the authors can provide a figure for the total reduction in kilometres travelled by car users as a result of a 1% decline in car usage. [15981/23]

Public Transport

Bríd Smith

127. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport the total cost of a report (details supplied) on fare-free public transport. [15982/23]

Public Transport

Bríd Smith

128. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will itemise or detail the potential categories of internalised benefits that were not part of the report (details supplied) into fare-free public transport; the reason such benefits did not form part of the scope of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15983/23]

Bus Services

Paul McAuliffe

129. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Transport his plans to improve the bus connectivity and links to Dublin City University in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16000/23]

Bus Services

Holly Cairns

69. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will establish an additional hourly service on the Cork-Kinsale 226 route that does not include the airport, to facilitate local passengers and commuters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15511/23]

Public Transport

Alan Kelly

70. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether transport hubs in towns across Ireland that allow for the integration of rail, bus, taxi and smarter travel facilities supported by RTPI signs for the public are a good idea. [15542/23]

Rail Network

Steven Matthews

71. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding plans for increased rail connectivity for Dublin Port; if his Department has carried out any assessment to include greater freight rail connectivity in the Port 3FM project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15569/23]

Bus Éireann

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

72. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the reason for the numerous breakdowns on 20 March 2023 on the Bus Éireann route 32 from Dublin to Letterkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15598/23]

Rail Network

Mick Barry

73. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if, in light of no response issuing from the relevant personnel at Iarnród Éireann to repeated requests from this Deputy, he will instruct Iarnród Éireann to supply this Deputy with a copy of the 2008 agreement between Iarnród Éireann and Wexford County Council relating to a proposed new bridge over the railway line at Park Carcur, County Wexford, and also a copy of a new agreement on the same matter concluded in November 2023, both agreements reported in a newspaper (details supplied) on 23 November 2022 on foot of an official communiqué to that paper from Iarnród Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15608/23]

Rail Network

Mick Barry

74. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify whether a proposed new bridge over the railway line at Park Carcur, County Wexford, is designed only for access to the development of 413 accommodation units for which planning permission exists, or if the design is meant also to facilitate a larger carriageway which would lead to a future new bridge over the River Slaney to Crosstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15609/23]

Driver Test

Catherine Murphy

75. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to significant delays in the driver testing system; his plans to address the backlog; and the estimated time it will take to clear the backlog. [15626/23]

Public Transport

Catherine Murphy

76. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he and-or the National Transport Authority plan to review top-up and annual taxsaver travel cards for bus, rail and light rail services; and if his Department and-or the NTA have surveyed the number of persons using public transport in the past three years to date and evaluated the number of journeys made using card and cash to pay for journeys. [15627/23]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Gino Kenny

77. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if he and his Departments will immediately comply with its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by prioritising and distinguishing disabled persons organisations, DPOs, in all consultations affecting disabled people. [15641/23]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Gino Kenny

78. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport what the National Transport Authority plans to prioritise for the Disabled Persons Organisations (as per Article 4 (3) and General Comment No. 7 of the CRPD), to disability-proof all current projects and plans in compliance with the CRPD. [15642/23]

Driver Test

Niamh Smyth

79. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport if an exemption can be made to arrange an early driving test due to unfortunate circumstances in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15670/23]