321. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport to provide the number of full-time equivalent staff within the climate action unit or division of his Department from 2020 to 2026 to date, broken down by year, in tabular form. [73976/26]
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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]
224. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport the estimated costs in 2027 of doubling the number of personnel working within the air accident investigation unit and railway accident investigation unit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51717/26]
446. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Transport the staff turnover rate in his Department in the years 2019 to date [42434/26]
390. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the number of females at administrative officer and above grades within his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39380/26]
340. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the additional staffing, operational or administrative resources provided to the Bus Éireann Cork office following the acknowledged resourcing difficulties and delays experienced in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36527/26]
357. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport the rationale for limiting the recent extension of the retirement age for public service drivers to drivers employed by CIÉ companies only; whether consideration has been given to extending similar arrangements across the wider public and community transport sector; whether he recognises the potential benefits such a measure could have for local organisation…
371. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the number of additional staff employed or that will be employed by his Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026 [37462/26]
352. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding any mechanism in place within his Department that allows for civil servants to transfer on secondment to an equivalent role within the European Union, without negatively impacting their pension and other employment rights; his views on the merits of such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34432/26]
415. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the poor staffing levels of small train stations in County Galway; the impacts this poor staffing level is having on the working conditions of those working within the rail system (details supplied); if his Department has any plans to address these staffing issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35049/26]
67. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit to manage the increase in the minimum wages in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31388/26]
386. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE staff, by job title working within the railway accident investigation unit of his Department; the WTE vacancies, by job title within this unit; the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [28019/26]
656. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1463 of 18 March 2026, if the 70 additional permanent staff mentioned have been taken on and remain to date nationwide. [24248/26]
32. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the number of employees that were employed in his Department at the end of December 2025, broken down by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22984/26]
33. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit at the end of December 2025, broken down by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22985/26]
232. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff from his Department seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the Department or agency, in tabular form. [18602/26]
233. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff from his Department seconded to a firm in the private sector, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the company, in tabular form. [18620/26]
234. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff from his Department seconded from a firm in the private sector, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the company, in tabular form. [18638/26]
291. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if his Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in his Department during the course of the upcoming EU Presidency term; the terms under which such staff will be engaged; the number of staff his Department plans to hire; the measures planned to guard against potential conflicts of interest betw…
73. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport in light of safety recommendation no. 28 of the Air Accident Investigation Unit's final report into the crash of Rescue 116 (Sikorsky S-92A, EI-ICR, Black Rock, Co. Mayo, 14 March 2017), which recommended that the he ensure the Department has "sufficient specialist aviation expertise" to discharge its oversight function; the number of staff currently assigne…
74. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department has established specific recruitment criteria, qualification requirements, or technical training programmes for staff in its Aviation Division who are responsible for oversight of organisations (details supplied); if so, to provide details of same; if not, the reason no such standards have been established given the AAIU's recommendati…
75. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department has the capacity to independently assess technical claims made by the aviation bodies it oversees, including organisations (details supplied), without relying on those same bodies for the assessment; if not, the way this is consistent with the AAIU's finding that his Department lacked the specialist aviation expertise to discharge its …
342. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff directly responsible for cybersecurity, as distinct from IT, within his Department; if a threat analyst, vulnerability manager and a cyber infrastructure engineer are employed; if not in-house, if this work is outsourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9440/26]
342. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Transport the total number of sick days taken by staff in his Department for each of the years 2022 to 2025; the average days lost per employee for each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8164/26]
21. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the application process for higher scales for administrative grades below the grade of assistant principal operated in his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2660/26]