430. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for a decision on a request for indoor seating at Navan Road Parkway train station made to the Irish Rail building and facilities team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41775/25]
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1,185 questions from 122 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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1,167 written, 18 oral
122
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| January 2025 | 18 |
| February 2025 | 36 |
| March 2025 | 36 |
| April 2025 | 41 |
| May 2025 | 53 |
| June 2025 | 45 |
| July 2025 | 57 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 61 |
| October 2025 | 25 |
| November 2025 | 84 |
| December 2025 | 66 |
| January 2026 | 103 |
| February 2026 | 93 |
| March 2026 | 53 |
| April 2026 | 49 |
| May 2026 | 53 |
| June 2026 | 84 |
| July 2026 | 71 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 121 |
| October 2026 | 36 |
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443. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to carry out an audit of the train stations along the Maynooth line, to assess whether additional seating will be facilitated under a rain shelter for those with mobility issues, the elderly or pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41963/25]
445. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport if Irish Rail will fund brightening the lights along the pedestrian bridge between northbound and southbound platforms at Raheny DART station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41975/25]
460. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for when the DART will run to Wicklow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42096/25]
461. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Transport the reason that prevents additional DARTs travelling from Greystones, and if works will be carried out to increase the frequency of these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42097/25]
494. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if the provision of rail to south-west Dublin and to Poolbeg are a priority for his Department in the context of the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42741/25]
503. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if the all-island strategic rail review was considered as part of the NDP review; the details of how its recommendations were considered; the criteria he intends to use to rank projects in order of priority as part of the pipeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42845/25]
507. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the way in which the absence of a mainline rail link to Dublin Airport aligns with Ireland's climate and sustainable transport commitments under the Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42861/25]
514. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the capital allocation, costs, and timeline for the implementation of the Poolbeg Luas extension in the context of the new National Development Plan. [42970/25]
515. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the capital allocation, costs, and timeframe for the implementation of the Luas and light rail extensions to Kimmage, Sandyford, and Knocklyon with lines through my constituency envisioned in the post 2042 plan included in the Greater Dublin Transport Strategy 2022-2024 by the NTA, in the context of the announcements in the new National D…
520. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on progress to implement the recommendations of the strategic rail review; if any projects have been selected for prioritised delivery; to update on any possible pipeline of projects as part of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43048/25]
529. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with Irish Rail and the NTA regarding opening up catering services on additional routes; the progress that is being made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43104/25]
530. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the new feasibility study for a metro for Dublin South-West as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43118/25]
577. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of the €2 billion allocation to the MetroLink project announced as part of the new national development plan in July 2025; to clarify where and how his Department will source the remaining funding required to deliver MetroLink by 2035; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43590/25]
578. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Transport to provide a timeline for the MetroLink project commencement and completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43591/25]
580. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport to give consideration to a request for lighting at a railway crossing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43606/25]
585. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the status of the Metro west plan; whether it remains under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43786/25]
589. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Transport the current position of the independent expert contract in place to review additional documents released by TII at the MetroLink hearings; the expected date for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43911/25]
594. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the MetroLink project; the most recent cost estimates, construction timeline and consultation milestones relevant to Ballymun and Glasnevin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44064/25]
604. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Transport to provide details of the Irish Rail performance statistics, including average delays, punctuality rate and monthly cancellations nationally, broken down by county, in tabular form. [44235/25]
610. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Transport to provide the Irish Rail performance statistics, including average delays, punctuality rate and monthly cancellations, both nationally and by county, in tabular form. [44389/25]
197. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider improving the frequencies of the Westport to Dublin train service to a two hourly service similar to Sligo and Galway train services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40222/25]
205. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport if he will request Irish Rail to provide luggage storage lockers at the principal railways stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40326/25]
327. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff in his Department WTE’s who have day to day responsibility for developing and advancing the recommendations from the All-Island Strategic Rail Review; if he will clarify the next steps in respect of advancing the recommendations from the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39554/25]
174. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 12 June 2025, to provide a breakdown of the first- and full-year cost to establish the design team to commence work on the Navan rail line. [38403/25]