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Department of Transport (Ireland)
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- Type
- National rail HQ — government department; sponsor of the National Transport Authority, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and Córas Iompair Éireann, and joint commissioner of the All-Island Strategic Rail Review
- Market · Region
- European Union · Ireland
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Electrification, Signalling & train control, Rolling-stock hardware, Track & civil
Sets rail policy, allocates public transport capital and funds third-order DART carriages and cross-border rail.
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Sets rail policy and holds the capital allocation for public transport within the National Development Plan. It jointly commissioned the All-Island Strategic Rail Review with Northern Ireland's Department for Infrastructure, funds the third order of DART carriages directly, and channels Shared Island Fund money into cross-border and all-island rail — EUR 228 million allocated in June 2026, of which EUR 93 million accelerates DART+ Coastal North and EUR 35 million continues the hourly Enterprise to 2030.
- Type
- National rail HQ — government department; sponsor of the National Transport Authority, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and Córas Iompair Éireann, and joint commissioner of the All-Island Strategic Rail Review
- Where
- Ireland · Dublin
- Programmes
- TEN-T, Connecting Europe Facility
- Technology areas
- Electrification, Signalling & train control, Rolling-stock hardware, Track & civil
Structure
- controls CIÉ — Sponsoring department for Córas Iompair Éireann, the statutory holding company of Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus (active)
- controls NTA — The National Transport Authority is a statutory non-commercial body operating under the aegis of the Department of Transport (active)
- controls TII — Transport Infrastructure Ireland provides light railway and metro infrastructure as determined by the Minister or, within its functional area, by the National Transport Authority (active)
Sources for these relationships (4)
- ● Córas Iompair Éireann · Who We Are (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Department of Transport (Ireland) · Department of Transport — department page and contact block (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● National Transport Authority · About us (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Transport Infrastructure Ireland · Public Transport — Projects and Improvements (statutory function for light rail and metro) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
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- Procurement structure
- Award history (2)
- Entry path
- Published contacts (3)
- Portals (2)
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7 sources · all primary
- ● Department of Transport (Ireland) · Department of Transport — department page and contact block (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Department of Transport (Ireland) and Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) · All-Island Strategic Rail Review — publication page and Final Report (published 2024-07-31 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Department of Transport (Ireland) · All-Island Vision for a New Age of Rail (press release on the Final Report) (published 2024-07-31 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Government of Ireland — Department of Transport · Almost €230 million Shared Island funding to support investment in all-island rail (press release) (published 2026-06-23 · checked 2026-09-05)
- ● Iarnród Éireann · Investment in New Trains (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation · National Development Plan Review 2025 (published 2025-07-22 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Transport Infrastructure Ireland · MetroLink Preliminary Business Case (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
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