185. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the plans in place to improve rail services on the Rosslare rail line south of Wicklow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51679/25]
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1,185 questions from 122 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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| October 2026 | 36 |
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186. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Transport if there is a breakdown of 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. [51583/25]
188. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Transport the number of passenger journeys per year, per route, on the Intercity city route to Galway from 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51462/25]
192. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the number of passenger journeys on the western rail corridor each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51613/25]
196. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the progress of the review into the reopening of the Western Rail Corridor; his position on advancing this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51779/25]
236. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Transport if every intercity rail journey has at least two customer service agents onboard; if not, the estimated costs needed to ensure that every intercity rail journey has at least two customer service agents onboard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51111/25]
239. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Transport if extra carriages will be added to the morning and evening train from Rosslare to Dublin, to help with over-crowding and reduce cars usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51144/25]
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 and nighttime economy…
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 platform to Wexford O' Ha…
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 options to upgrade the …
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 considered as part of p…
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]