158. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the number of full-time heavy vehicle mechanics employed by Bus Éireann as of 29 June 2026; if he will provide the corresponding figures in 2023, in tabular form. [50781/26]
Parliamentary questions
Questions
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 | 27,764 | 145 | 27,619 |
| Education | 14,148 | 145 | 14,003 |
| Transport | 11,178 | 139 | 11,039 |
| Justice | 9,962 | 135 | 9,827 |
| Housing | 9,139 | 160 | 8,979 |
| Children | 8,691 | 142 | 8,549 |
| Social | 5,914 | 135 | 5,779 |
| Finance | 5,884 | 153 | 5,731 |
| Agriculture | 4,894 | 136 | 4,758 |
| Enterprise | 3,942 | 139 | 3,803 |
| Climate | 3,915 | 130 | 3,785 |
| Foreign | 3,868 | 190 | 3,678 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,737 | 167 | 3,570 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,437 | 140 | 3,297 |
| Taoiseach | 2,649 | 1,479 | 1,170 |
| Defence | 2,599 | 179 | 2,420 |
| Culture | 2,492 | 147 | 2,345 |
| Rural | 2,361 | 140 | 2,221 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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159. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport the main policy achievements of his Department since 22 January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50811/26]
160. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport whether the NTA has engaged with a company (details supplied) regarding bus infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50813/26]
161. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding allocated to sustainability hubs, broken down by cap ex and op ex funding in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50820/26]
162. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding allocated to sustainability hubs in each of the years 2020 to date, broken down by cap ex and op ex funding in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50821/26]
163. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding allocated to active travel, broken down by cap ex and op ex funding in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50822/26]
164. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding allocated to greenways, broken down by cap ex and op ex funding in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50823/26]
165. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide information in relation to EV grants (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50824/26]
166. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding allocated to mobility hubs, broken down by cap ex and op ex funding in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50828/26]
167. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the proportion of the public transport fleet that is wheelchair accessible broken down by service; to provide a breakdown of all the funding allocated to making public transport accessible in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50830/26]
168. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the connecting Ireland rural mobility plan; to provide a detailed breakdown of all associated costs broken down by cap ex and op ex funding in each of the years 2020 to date; to provide a detailed breakdown of new services delivered in each of the years 2020 date; to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocated to the connecting Irelan…
169. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the projected cost of providing all settlements with a population over 300 with at least three return services per day 7 days-a-week broken down by CapEx and OpEx funding. [50832/26]
170. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the average cost of providing a return service as part of the connecting Ireland rural mobility plan broken by CapEx and OpEx funding, in each of the years 2023 to date, in tabular form. [50833/26]
171. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding spent on purchasing electric buses since 2020 to date; the number of these buses that are in operation broken down by the year they were purchased; the number of buses that are in storage broken down by the year they were purchased; the average daily cost to maintain an electric bus in operation; the average daily cost to maintain an electric bus in sto…
172. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding allocation to local authorities to install on street EV charging infrastructure in each of the years 2020 to date. [50841/26]
173. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the average cost to install an EV charging point as part of the public charging infrastructure network in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50842/26]
174. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a detailed breakdown of the EV charging points delivered as part of the public charging infrastructure network, in each of the years 2020 to date, broken down by local authority, in tabular form. [50843/26]
175. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the full and first year cost of establishing a trolley service on trains on Ireland's rail network; his plans to establish a trolley service on routes without one in operation; and to outline the services operating a trolley and/or catering service. [50844/26]
176. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update of the stages of the Connecting Ireland rural bus scheme; the number of routes that have been rolled out and which are yet to be rolled out, by county, in tabular form; and the expected cost of this. [50845/26]
177. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the average first and full year cost to purchase and operate an electric bus, broken down by cap ex and op ex funding. [50846/26]
178. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the average first and full year cost to purchase and operate a green hydrogen bus, broken down by cap ex and op ex funding. [50847/26]
179. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding spent on purchasing green hydrogen buses since 2020 to date; the number of these buses that are in operation, broken down by the year they were purchased; the number of buses in storage broken down by the year they were purchased; the average daily cost to maintain a green hydrogen bus in operation; the average daily cost to maintain a green hydrogen in…
180. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide a response to the queries raised therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50858/26]
181. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport if he intends to continue the EV grants into 2027, as this is a matter of some concern and interest to the Irish Motor Industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50883/26]
182. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to concerns that blind and visually impaired taxi users may incur higher fares where drivers rely solely on satellite navigation rather than following directions provided by the passenger, resulting in unnecessarily longer journeys; whether guidance, safeguards or complaints mechanisms are in place to protect passengers in suc…