Rail Network

256. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport for the passenger numbers using the improved and now hourly-frequency rail service between Belfast and Dublin, month on month, hour by hour, from January 2024 to date in 2025, following the €12.5 million funding allocated from the Shared Island Fund in February 2024; to consider running the service later to support the cultural, economic a…

266. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of passenger journeys per year, per route, on the commuter rail networks in the greater Dublin region from 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51486/25]

267. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of passenger journeys per year, per route, on the DART rail network in the greater Dublin region from 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51487/25]

268. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of passenger journeys per year, per route, on the Enterprise route to Belfast from 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51488/25]

269. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the investment per railway route, the current investment, and the investment per year from 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51489/25]

270. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of passenger journeys per year, per route, on the LUAS network from 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51490/25]

271. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the additional services on the DART network, per year from 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51491/25]

272. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the additional services on the Intercity rail routes, per year from 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51492/25]

293. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport when the Cork Line Level Crossings Project will begin construction. [51861/25]

190. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Transport the reason that, in the context of double tracking parts of the Rosslare to Dublin rail line, costly tunnelling through Bray Head has been included as part of the proposal; his views on whether more cost-effective ways of double tracking, for example, north of Greystones and south of Greystones as far as Wicklow town, adding a second platf…

191. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his plans to improve facilities at Clonmel railway station including the scope of these works subject to planning; the timeline for these works and the level of investment planned; if he will provide an artist’s impression of the station once works are completed. [50915/25]

192. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the plans for investment in railway stations and bus stations in 2026, by county, of the proposed investment levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50916/25]

16. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport his plans to carry out a double-tracking improvement along the East coast Greystones to Wexford rail line; if he will confirm media reports that suggest no cost-benefit analysis has been carried out owing to the high cost of the tunnelling portion at Bray Head; the estimated cost of this; if his Department has considered other viable opt…

161. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue generated for Irish Rail from the €2.50 each direction seat reservation fee on intercity journeys in the years 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [49806/25]

183. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of capacity issues on a rail service (details supplied); the plans for investment to increase capacity on this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50218/25]

185. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport further to communications from the National Transport Authority (details supplied) the estimated cost of ensuring that all out of order lifts in Irish Rail and DART stations are fully repaired on the day that they are reported. [50285/25]

191. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport the reason a proposed tunnel through Bray Head was included in the cost analysis of double tracking the Rosslare-Dublin rail line; whether more cost-effective alternatives, such as double tracking north and south of Greystones, adding a second platform at Wexford O'Hanrahan station, and increasing speeds in south Wicklow, are being con…

214. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Transport the dates and times in 2024 and to-date in 2025 when any lifts at Howth Junction/ Donaghmede Dart Station were out of order; and the reasons for each time the lift was out of order, in tabular form. [48112/25]

217. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the current position regarding the resumption of catering services onboard Intercity rail services; and if Iarnród Éireann has sought funding from National Transport Authority to meet the cost of resuming same. [48200/25]

224. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether he has considered the establishment of a rail link between Youghal and Midleton in east Cork; if any feasibility studies or assessments have been conducted; if so, the estimated costs and timelines; whether there are plans to progress this project to provide a reliable public transport option for residents of east Cork (details suppl…

237. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe for the new DART line from Celbridge to Dublin city; when the Cabra stop will be constructed as part of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48625/25]

245. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider restoring catering services on trains (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48927/25]

240. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Transport in the context of additional funding for MetroLink being provided in the new National Development Plan, the updated estimated date for the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44435/25]

245. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on plans to support of high speed rail link between Cork and Dublin, in line with the new National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44470/25]

246. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport the increase in the number of passengers travelling on Iarnród Éireann rail line services in 2024, by route; the plans for further investment in rail services in the National Development Plan to meet demand on existing and re-opened lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44511/25]