Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein)
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531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will allocate the necessary funding to cover the costs of fully restoring onboard catering services on all intercity rail services. [20914/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the operations of these services in conjunction with the relevant transport operators, in this case, Irish Rail.

In light of the NTA’s responsibility in this area, I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.

Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein)
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532. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional high visibility security personnel that Iarnród Éireann will allocate to deal with increased numbers of passengers on trains and at stations during warm weather periods where trains pass by beaches during the upcoming peak summer months. [20915/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport.

The issue raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Irish Rail. Therefore, I have referred the Deputy's question to Irish Rail for direct response to the Deputy.

Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.