278. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport the annual operating, hosting and maintenance costs of the Dublin Airport app for 2025 and to date in 2026; and the annual cost of flight alert services (details supplied) before it was withdrawn, in tabular form. [73586/26]
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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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Department names as the record prints them. Some changed in June 2025.
All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,342 | 145 | 27,197 |
| Education | 13,896 | 145 | 13,751 |
| Transport | 11,008 | 139 | 10,869 |
| Justice | 9,783 | 135 | 9,648 |
| Housing | 9,020 | 160 | 8,860 |
| Children | 8,676 | 129 | 8,547 |
| Finance | 5,833 | 153 | 5,680 |
| Social | 5,830 | 135 | 5,695 |
| Agriculture | 4,888 | 136 | 4,752 |
| Enterprise | 3,878 | 139 | 3,739 |
| Foreign | 3,856 | 190 | 3,666 |
| Climate | 3,825 | 114 | 3,711 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,685 | 167 | 3,518 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,394 | 127 | 3,267 |
| Taoiseach | 2,585 | 1,436 | 1,149 |
| Defence | 2,499 | 162 | 2,337 |
| Culture | 2,376 | 147 | 2,229 |
| Rural | 2,331 | 140 | 2,191 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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279. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of additional Luas carriages that came into service in the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [73522/26]
280. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost in 2027 if Dublin Bus received 50 zero-emission battery-electric double-decker buses. [73521/26]
281. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will be called for a bus driving test. [73625/26]
282. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers carried on each morning peak train service between Wicklow and Dublin in the most recent month for which data is available; the seating capacity of each service; and the extent to which passenger numbers exceeded seating capacity. [73663/26]
283. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Transport which phase of the BusConnects Dublin Network Redesign includes routes 86, 87, 88 and P13; if it is the same phase as route L33; and the target implementation date. [73711/26]
284. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the capital grant schemes that are currently available or planned to support the installation of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure at privately owned service stations and forecourts; whether existing businesses in rural towns are eligible; the levels of financial assistance available; and the application procedures and timelines. […
285. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Transport the interim measures planned to improve the frequency and reliability of bus route 47. [73716/26]
286. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Transport whether the NTA funding allocation for 2027 will allow further phases of the Bus Connects network redesign to proceed; and the order in which. [73714/26]
287. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department holds records of a Ministerial order, approval or other authorisation made between 2008 and 2010 concerning increases to pensions in payment under the CIÉ pension schemes; if so, if he will provide copies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73753/26]
288. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether any maximum increase to pensions in payment under the CIÉ schemes was authorised by him or his predecessors with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation since 2009; the way in which the board applied public service norms on pension increases in each annual review; and if he will make a…
289. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the date of each annual review of pensions in payment carried out by the CIÉ Board under Rule 34 since 2009; whether the actuarial advice obtained for each review costed any increase; the funding position of each scheme as reported at each review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73761/26]
290. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport his plans for a new bus service between Athenry and Galway; the proposed number of daily services in each direction; and the annual cost of this service. [73757/26]
291. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport to list each statutory instrument amending the CIÉ pension scheme for regular wages staff and the CIÉ superannuation scheme 1951 since 1 January 2008, with the date and purpose of each; if he will provide the text of Rule 34 as in force in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73755/26]
292. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the roll-out of the next-generation ticketing project outlining; the progress made to date; and the timelines and objectives for each major release. [73883/26]
293. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the dates of the most recent Road Safety Leadership Group meeting and the next Road Safety Leadership Group meeting. [73848/26]
294. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport when the emerging preferred route for Luas Lucan will be published. [73844/26]
295. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport the number of seven-seater battery electric vehicles that qualified for the SEAI purchase grant in each of the last three years; whether consideration has been given to a higher grant rate for seven-seater EVs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73619/26]
296. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine the introduction of an enhanced grant rate for larger seven-seater battery electric vehicles, recognising that these vehicles are significantly more expensive than standard family EVs and are often the only practical option for larger families in rural counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73618/26]
297. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport to outline his position on a joint proposal from the Governments of Germany and France to reduce the EU's mandatory CO emissions cut for new cars by 2035 from 100% to 80%, compared with 2021 levels. [73371/26]
298. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the position Ireland intends to adopt on the joint proposal from the Governments of Germany and France to reduce the EU's mandatory CO emissions cut for new cars by 2035 from 100% to 80%, compared with 2021 levels at the EU Council meeting on 15 of October 2026. [73372/26]
299. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the reason the promotional fares on the Ballybrophy rail line are being discontinued given the success of the initiative. [74369/26]
300. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 13 October 2026, the details of the re-examination of policy; the process envisaged as part of engagement with the National Transport Authority and Dublin City Council in coming weeks to determine the most appropriate next steps; the intended steps to be proposed by his Department; if those steps include legislation; …
301. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding progress in legislation to enable the National Transport Authority to apply for planning permission for delivery of the BusConnects programme of sustainable transport corridors in Cork; his Department’s view on Cork City Council bringing forward the necessary planning permissions directly if this legislation is further delayed; and i…
302. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport the interim measures that are planned to improve the frequency and reliability of bus route 47 pending implementation of network redesign. [74400/26]