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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Marian Harkin Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
549. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport if he will review an application for a person (details supplied) for a disabled parking permit. [63174/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
550. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport the measures being considered to increase parking capacity at Sligo Mac Diarmada Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63181/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
551. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on proposals for the provision of a roof or canopy at Sligo Mac Diarmada Station; when construction is expected to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63180/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
552. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on plans to restore onboard catering services on the Sligo-Dublin rail line; if consideration is being given to introducing a pilot service similar to that recently commenced on selected Galway-Dublin services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63179/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
553. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport to clarify if a similar scheme to the disabled parking scheme is being developed or has been developed for carers, parents and guardians of persons and children that have a permanent condition or disability that does not severely restrict their ability to walk but manifests in other ways. [63191/26]
Paul Lawless Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
554. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has considered introducing a public awareness campaign highlighting the dangers of pedestrians using mobile phones and being distracted while crossing roads (details supplied; if data is available on pedestrian collisions where mobile phone distraction was identified as a contributing factor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6…
Paul Lawless Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
555. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the proposed Ballinrobe Bypass project in County Mayo, the current status of the scheme; the timeline for progressing planning and development; and if he is aware of concerns that the prolonged uncertainty surrounding the proposed route is restricting local residents from obtaining planning permission for housing developments in…
Seamus Healy Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
556. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Transport when it is intended to re-open the waiting room, restroom and related facilities at Clonmel Railway Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63300/26]
Seamus Healy Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
557. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Transport when it is intended to commence and complete the external works at Clonmel Railway Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63299/26]
Pa Daly Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
558. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport whether there are plans to review and modernise the design and security features of the Irish Seafarer’s Discharge Book; and when the document was last reviewed or updated. [63331/26]
Cormac Devlin Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
559. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport whether Transport Infrastructure Ireland maintains a ranking of motorway junctions by risk of wrong-way entry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63361/26]
Ged Nash Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
560. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63359/26]
John Connolly Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
561. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport the number of complaints received by the NTA on the insufficient capacity of the 424 bus service in County Galway. [63242/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
562. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport which document is to be treated as the authoritative fare and expense record where the amount shown on an app transaction differs from the amount shown on the statutory taximeter receipt, and whether the transparency and reconciliation of app-controlled fares against the statutory taximeter receipt will be expressly addressed in the current review of dispatch o…
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
563. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport in respect of a discounted app fare product (details supplied) reported to be part-funded by the driver and part-funded by the dispatch operator, the amount a driver is required to enter in the discount field of the statutory taximeter receipt, whether the driver-funded element or the total passenger discount; the amount that is to be recorded as the total fare…
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
564. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the auditable record that is retained of the exact metered figure manually entered by a driver into an app-based dispatch platform at the end of a journey; the way in which a driver is protected in the event that a passenger subsequently claims to have been charged a fare higher than the metered amount that the driver correctly entered into the app; and if he w…
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
565. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport in the case of an app-based fixed price fare (details supplied) where the passenger is charged the lower of the fixed price or the metered fare, the way in which a driver is expected to accurately calculate and record the discount on the statutory taximeter receipt in circumstances where the driver is not shown the final fare charged to the passenger; and if he…
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
566. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport further to the statutory requirement that a taximeter continue to calculate the metered fare even where a lower fare has been agreed, and that the driver print and offer the prescribed taximeter receipt showing the total fare payable together with a designated space for tips, discounts and tolls, whether app-based dispatch operators are required to display to t…
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
567. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if the Department will review and update the design and security features of the Irish Seafarer's Discharge Book, having regard to concerns that the current document is outdated and lacks the security features common to comparable documents issued by other maritime states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63398/26]
Conor D. McGuinness Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
568. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the reason the TFI Waterford Bus Red Zone Leap Card does not have daily and weekly fare capping as is available in Dublin and Cork. [63392/26]
Ged Nash Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
569. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under his Department’s remit who were considered to be public service personnel in June 2016 and in June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63463/26]
Joe Neville Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
570. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by his Department on an annual and county basis since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63486/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
571. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport the authoritative record when the app truncations and taximeter contain different amount when the customer has been offered a fixed price for the journey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63505/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
572. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport if an app dispatch operator is expected to show the driver the exact final taxi fare charged to the passenger; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63504/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Transport
573. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport his views on concerns raised by taxi drivers in adhering to SPSV regulations around taximeter receipts given concerns that have been raised (details supplied); if these issues will be expressly addressed in the current review of dispatch operator regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63502/26]