Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Public Transport

Darren O'Rourke

245. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of making public transport free for persons under 18 years inclusive of the 20% reduction that has already been applied in 2022. [40633/22]

Transport Policy

Darren O'Rourke

246. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the total capital funding allocated for accessibility works in the National Development Plan for 2023, 2024 and 2025. [40634/22]

Bus Services

Darren O'Rourke

247. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport If there are plans to have a Public Service Obligation bus route serving an area (details supplied). [40750/22]

Rail Network

Darren O'Rourke

248. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann plans to provide one additional train service from Heuston Station to Westport in both directions each day. [40751/22]

Road Tolls

Darren O'Rourke

249. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of times that each toll operator responsible for toll locations nationwide that have been audited since 2018. [40752/22]

Ports Policy

Darren O'Rourke

250. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that the four Irish ports which applied for European Union funding to invest in infrastructure for offshore wind all got rejected; the reasons for the refusals; if he intends to intervene and provide the required funding from Exchequer resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40802/22]

Transport Policy

Seán Sherlock

251. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport if he will seek a pilot of a transport police model with the Department of Justice in Cork on public transport. [40839/22]

Bus Services

Seán Sherlock

252. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the role that he has on BusConnects Cork; and the details of any meetings that he has held on BusConnects Cork and the persons with whom he has met in the past two months. [40841/22]

Driver Test

Brendan Griffin

253. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons waiting for driving tests in each of the test centres in County Kerry; the number of applicants waiting for a re-test in these centres; the average wait time for tests and re-tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40848/22]

Greenways Provision

Sorca Clarke

254. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the engagement that he and his Department have had with Longford County Council regarding the funding shortfall for the Royal Canal spur in County Longford. [40880/22]

Rail Network

Sorca Clarke

255. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the meeting regarding the reopening of Killucan train station that took place on 15 June 2022 in relation to funding to carry out a feasibility study into the optimum location for a potential station. [40904/22]

Departmental Properties

Sorca Clarke

256. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the actions and engagements his Department has taken to date to reduce carbon emissions and to increase energy efficiency in all buildings under his Department. [40923/22]

Electric Vehicles

Darren O'Rourke

257. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 24 June 2022, the Budget 2022 allocation for the public charge point scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40944/22]

Transport Policy

Darren O'Rourke

258. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the total estimated cost of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan. [40945/22]

Electric Vehicles

Richard Bruton

259. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the charges that are being made for charging electric vehicles in the different categories of public chargers; and the way that they compare with the charge made to domestic users charging at home and to those using a smart meter to charge at off-peak times. [40994/22]

Public Transport

Neasa Hourigan

260. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the complaints made in relation to accessibility of taxis between 15 July 021 and 15 July 2022 outlining nature of the complaints (details supplied) and actions that have been taken in relation to the complaints. [41002/22]

Public Transport

Neasa Hourigan

261. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority has made recommendations on increasing the fines associated with small public service vehicles fixed payment offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41003/22]

Public Transport

Neasa Hourigan

262. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport the number and value of small public service vehicles fixed payment offences fines in cases in which the notice has remained unpaid after a 56-day period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41004/22]

Public Transport

Neasa Hourigan

263. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport the number of small public service vehicles in Ireland as a whole and in Dublin, respectively; and the number that are wheelchair accessible in Ireland as a whole and in Dublin, respectively. [41005/22]

Electric Vehicles

Catherine Murphy

264. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he has engaged with vehicle insurance providers in respect of providing full and third party cover for e-scooter and e-bike users in advance of the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 being enacted, which will regularise the use of these vehicles on public roads. [41011/22]