Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Energy Infrastructure

Bríd Smith

501. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the inclusion of the Shannon LNG project on the PCI list agreed on 4 October 2019 is the finalised list of PCI projects; if the decision for its inclusion on the PCI list has to be finally ratified; if so, when this decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43246/19]

Value for Money Reviews

Mattie McGrath

502. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each (details supplied); the reason for each service engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43309/19]

Value for Money Reviews

Mattie McGrath

503. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the cost of each exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43326/19]

Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff Scheme

Seán Sherlock

504. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a specific allocation of 50% of available capacity 3,000 GWh in the first auction to solar PV will be committed. [43354/19]

Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff Scheme

Seán Sherlock

505. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that solar PV can deliver 5,000 MWac by 2030. [43355/19]

Broadband Service Provision

Kevin O'Keeffe

506. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the broadband service being provided to persons (details supplied) will be investigated; and when high-speed broadband will be available to the location. [43397/19]

Electric Vehicle Grants

Noel Rock

507. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the deadline for the discontinuation of the €3,800 electric vehicle purchase grants for businesses will be extended in view of the fact that there are waiting lists for electric cars that will not be physically delivered until 2020 and some businesses have signed contracts and made applications to the SEAI for grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43406/19]

National Broadband Plan Expenditure

Timmy Dooley

508. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the capital allocation for the National Broadband Plan in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [43469/19]

Broadband Service Provision

Kevin O'Keeffe

509. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the broadband service being provided to a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and when high-speed broadband will be made available. [43490/19]

UN Conventions Ratification

Noel Grealish

510. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Ireland has not ratified the protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to abate acidification, eutrophication and ground level ozone which Ireland signed on 1 December 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43510/19]

National Broadband Plan Expenditure

Timmy Dooley

511. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of the roll-out of the national broadband plan in years 1 to 5, in tabular form. [43541/19]

National Broadband Plan Administration

Timmy Dooley

512. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a new access network will impact on the subsidy provided for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43542/19]

National Broadband Plan Administration

Timmy Dooley

513. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a recent settlement and agreement to consult on the matter of the appropriate level of costs for FTTH connections will impact on the subsidy for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43543/19]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Michael Lowry

514. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of e-fibre broadband to a premises (details supplied) which is subject to the provision of the State-led intervention under the national broadband plan; when it is envisaged that e-fibre broadband will be available at this location; the status of the deployment of the national broadband plan in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43590/19]

National Broadband Plan Administration

Frank O'Rourke

515. Deputy Frank O'Rourke asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the contract for the national broadband plan will be signed to deliver on the commitment to provide high-speed broadband to 550,000 homes and businesses; the timeline for the provision of broadband to all 550,000 homes and businesses from the signing of the contract to completion of roll out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43613/19]

Environmental Protection Agency Remit

Willie Penrose

516. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has reviewed a judgment (details supplied); his plans to introduce primary legislation to deal with the issues raised therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43615/19]

Litter Pollution

Willie Penrose

517. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated amount it would cost in 2020 if the budget for local authority anti-litter anti-graffiti awareness grant increased by 50%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43623/19]

Road Improvement Schemes

Mattie McGrath

518. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the funding application for a walkway on Ardfinann Bridge, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43300/19]

Public Transport

Niamh Smyth

519. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a local link. [42922/19]

Cycling Facilities Funding

Marc MacSharry

520. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €61 million which it was asserted (details supplied) was spent on cycling infrastructure in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42948/19]

Cycling Facilities Funding

Marc MacSharry

521. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €114 million which was asserted (details supplied) will be spent on cycling infrastructure in 2020. [42949/19]

Public Transport Data

Catherine Murphy

522. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers and-or transport vehicle operators that failed alcohol and drugs tests over past three years to date in 2019 in Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Irish Rail, Luas and at companies awarded contracts to operate public transport services; the nature of the sanctions imposed on those that have failed such tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42961/19]

Taxi Regulations

Catherine Murphy

523. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi and or limousine drivers that failed alcohol and-or drugs tests over past three years to date in 2019 while delivering their services; the nature of the sanctions imposed on those that have failed such tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42962/19]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

524. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a copy of all communications to and from his Department with Transport Infrastructure Ireland in October, November and December 2018. [42966/19]

Road Improvement Schemes

Robert Troy

525. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application submitted under the specific improvement grant scheme by Westmeath County Council in the context of the circular management and appraisal of regional and local road strategic and specific road improvements programme will be expedited (details supplied). [42976/19]

Departmental Reports

Dara Calleary

526. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date for each of the 41 action points made in the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce report published in December 2016 in which his Department has lead or joint responsibility for implementing following the third National Stakeholder Forum; if each such action point has been completed, not completed or is ongoing, respectively; and the revised deadlines for action points not delivered by the original timeframes set out in tabular form. [42988/19]

Public Transport Data

Noel Grealish

527. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tram sets operating on the Luas green line; the number, length and passenger capacity of type 401 and 402 trams operating on the line; the number of type 401 and 402 trams that have been lengthened; the number of type 502 tram sets operating on the line; the passenger capacity of the type 502 tram; the number of type 502 tram sets on order but not delivered to date; the date by which it is expected that each of 502 tram sets will be delivered; the date by which they are expected to be in service; the number of 55 m tram sets expected to be in service at the end of 2020; the planned percentage increase in passenger capacity of trams operating on the Luas green line over the period 2019 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43056/19]

Driver Licences

James Browne

528. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason UK driver licence holders cannot carry over entitlements onto an Irish driver licence, namely, code 1 within the D1 category for driving a minibus that is not for hire or reward; if his attention has been drawn to the potential impact on drivers here including parents of large families that require a minibus for personal use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43057/19]

Public Transport Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

529. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of carbon used in public transport per year; the carbon tax liability on same; the estimated cost of the increase in carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43129/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Gino Kenny

530. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure of his Department from 1 January to 31 August 2019 under the heading of B8.5, cycling and walking. [43172/19]

Departmental Funding

Niamh Smyth

531. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department provides funding to a body (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43188/19]

Departmental Funding

Niamh Smyth

532. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has provided funding for an event (details supplied) which is due to take place here in April 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43189/19]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Niamh Smyth

533. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a sports capital application for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43220/19]

Sports Capital Programme

Seán Sherlock

534. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will announce the latest allocations of sports capital funding. [43290/19]

Value for Money Reviews

Mattie McGrath

535. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each (details supplied); the reason for each service engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43322/19]

Value for Money Reviews

Mattie McGrath

536. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the cost of each exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43339/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Mattie McGrath

537. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 9 October 2019, the details on the measures or items the €8.77 million in incidental expenses was spent on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43344/19]

Road Improvement Schemes

Maurice Quinlivan

538. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline of works for the Coonagh to Knockalisheen Road, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43373/19]

Road Projects Status

Lisa Chambers

539. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new Westport to Turlough road will begin construction; and when it is estimated to be complete and open to the public. [43387/19]

Rail Network

Lisa Chambers

540. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the western rail corridor review being carried out by a company (details supplied) will be published; the person or body which will conduct the peer review; and when the peer review will be complete. [43388/19]

Brexit Preparations

Thomas P. Broughan

541. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the necessary infrastructure will be in place and ready to be operational at Dublin Airport and Dublin Port on 31 October 2019 in the event of a no-deal Brexit. [43402/19]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Bobby Aylward

542. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a sports capital grant by a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43410/19]

Sports Capital Programme Administration

Fiona O'Loughlin

543. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital grants for 2019 will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43431/19]

Sports Capital Programme Administration

Fiona O'Loughlin

544. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next round of applications on sports capital grants will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43432/19]

Sports Capital Programme Applications Data

Fiona O'Loughlin

545. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details on all applications sent from County Kildare for the sports capital grant. [43433/19]

Bus Services

Bríd Smith

546. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request that the NTA examine the bus currently operating through Chapelizod, Dublin 10, at peak hours between 7.30 a.m. and 8.30 a.m. on Monday to Friday in view of the fact that current service levels mean buses are full and passing intending passengers at peak hours in the village; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43489/19]

Road Improvement Schemes

Carol Nolan

547. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding to carry out major improvement works on a road (details supplied) from a location will be allocated to the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43546/19]

Sports Capital Programme Administration

Willie Penrose

548. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the qualifying criteria for the large sports capital grant of €2 million; the types of organisations or groups that can apply for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43620/19]

Sports Capital Programme Applications

Niamh Smyth

549. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a grant application by a club (details supplied); if the application will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43625/19]

Departmental Agencies Reports

Thomas P. Broughan

550. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has contacted Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland regarding a recent report on the overlapping tourism strategies of the two agencies. [43642/19]