302. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the measures being taken to ensure that passengers who do not use a service (details supplied) have equal access to timely information on service disruptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71942/25]
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303. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of guidelines or requirements issued by the National Transport Authority to Irish Rail regarding the provision of service disruption information across multiple platforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71943/25]
304. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the significant communication failures experienced by passengers at Pearse Street railway station on 9 December 2025 during high wind conditions, including the inability to clearly hear public address announcements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71994/25]
305. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if he has requested a report from Iarnród Éireann on the persistent failure of real time passenger information display boards at Pearse Street, Tara Street, Connolly Station and the Northern commuter railway stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71995/25]
306. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the procedures in place to ensure that front line staff at Pearse Street railway station are provided with accurate and timely service information during severe weather events, in view of reports that on 9 December 2025 staff were unable to advise passengers when trains would arrive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71996/25]
307. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the actions which will be taken to improve the resilience and clarity of public address systems at Pearse Street and other Dublin railway stations, following widespread reports that on 9 December 2025 announcements were inaudible to passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71997/25]
308. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that Leap card validation machines were not operational at Skerries railway station on 9 December 2025, resulting in commuters being unable to tag on or tag off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71998/25]
322. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of the funding provided by NTA to improve rail network and train connectively in County Mayo in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [72220/25]
325. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport for a detailed up to date progress report on this Deputy’s original submission to relocate Farranfore Railway Station out to Kerry Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72256/25]
326. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport the action his Department is taking to accommodate current passenger numbers on an intercity rail service (details supplied), in view of peak services being continually overcrowded with passengers often requiring to stand whilst commuting as seats are full, if consideration would be given to the provision of additional carriages for the service to ensure that al…
331. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the number of additional train carriages or train engines delivered for Irish Rail in each year since 2020; the number projected for delivery in 2026 and 2027; to provide a breakdown of the type delivered; the number which have in parallel been decommissioned; the plans in place to expand commuter train capacity in 2026; to provide a breakdown of the planned s…
333. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport the reasons for the revised National Development Plan timeline that now pushes delivery of DART Plus South-West into the 2030s; the impact this revised schedule will have on housing development and on providing reliable alternatives to car travel for commuters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72359/25]
338. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the rationale for the delay of the DART+ South West project; if he will reconsider and bring forward this timeline; to provide an updated timeframe for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72389/25]
346. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if Irish Rail is aware that car parks at both Drogheda and Dundalk train stations are at full capacity from approximately 7.15am on weekdays; if, given the improvements to the frequency of commuter and Enterprise services and the roll out of the Dart service, and the fact that there are no plans under the revised NDP to open either a new North Drogheda station, or…
324. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport the rationale for the delay of the DART+ South West project; if there is flexibility in bringing forward the timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71017/25]
334. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport his plans to serve notices to treat for the DART+ South West project before the end of the 18 month deadline. [71193/25]
335. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport if Government approval is required to serve notices to treat for the DART+ South West project under the infrastructure guidelines. [71194/25]
336. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the effect the delayed timeline for the procurement for DART+ South West announced in the sectoral plan for transport will have on the procurement for DART+ West noting that two pre-qualification questionnaires for design and build single supplier frameworks for the entire DART+ project were advertised in May 2025. [71195/25]
337. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport if, in light of Iarnród Éireann’s confirmation that the Galway-Limerick service is already operating ‘at capacity’, and given that both the Galway-Limerick and Galway-Dublin services are currently constrained by the single-track bottleneck between Galway Ceannt and Athenry, if he intends to fund the full double-tracking scheme on this section; if not, the…
123. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the number of reported faults or failures in real-time passenger information systems at rail stations in north County Dublin over the past 12 months; the stations with the highest number of reported issues; the measures being taken to improve the reliability and accuracy of these systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70665/25]
124. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if Irish Rail has undertaken a review of the effectiveness of station audio systems, including speaker clarity, volume levels and audibility at Pearse Station and other commuter stations; the findings of any such review; if there are plans in place to upgrade or improve these systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70666/25]
125. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if a service audit has been conducted by Irish Rail or the National Transport Authority in the past 12 months in relation to punctuality, cleanliness, accessibility and passenger experience on the northern commuter line; if so, to provide the findings of that audit; and if he will request that such an audit be commissioned and made available; and if he will ma…
128. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the number of additional passenger places which will be provided, on a daily basis, on the northern commuter line following the deployment of the new battery electric train sets in 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70675/25]
134. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the contingency measures in place to protect rail service reliability and capacity on the northern commuter line pending the full operation of the national train control centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70683/25]
185. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the existing policies in place regarding passenger access to elevators in LUAS and train stations in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69139/25]