Emer Currie

669. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the reason for mismatches of penalty points being applied to incorrect driver record files; the procedure after identifying a mismatch; if the Department write to the drivers who were incorrectly linked to a penalty point offence; and if the Department attempts to find the correct driver or if the penalty points are applied automatically on to a shell record on the Department's driver file database. [1175/26]

670. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 177 to 184, inclusive, of 16 October 2025, No. 265 of 4 November 2025 and No. 212 of 13 November 2025 regarding his Department’s project to deep dive into the area of court offence information received without a driver number and his commitment to publishing more complete data on the matching process by the end of 2025; the reason for the delay in publishing this data and the proposed new date. [1176/26]

671. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport , further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 4 November 2025, on the Road Safety Authority's contract with an organisation (details supplied) to manually record court driving disqualifications on the driver record on his NVDF database; and if he has made plans to meet the Road Safety Authority and the organisation to discuss the mismatches manually recorded and inputted on his database. [1177/26]

672. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the procedure used by his Department to inform drivers of the requirement to surrender their licence to the Road Safety Authority on disqualification; the procedure used to contact drivers when the unique driver number has not been captured. [1178/26]

675. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if insurance companies have the ability to check whether a driver has been disqualified prior to the issuing of a policy of motor insurance; and the way in which that process works. [1209/26]

676. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of the non-court assigned penalty points, of which there are 152,721, and non-court disqualifications in 2024 of which there are 3,052, that are foreign licence holders and non-licence holders. [1211/26]

677. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if he has brought about an end to the use of online apps that, for a fee, can secure driving test cancellations and skip the waiting list. [1276/26]

678. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if a driving test applicant can apply to a test centre with a shorter waiting list and, when invited to select a test date, move to a driving test centre with a longer waiting list, therefore jumping the queue. [1277/26]

679. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving testers employed by the RSA for each month in 2024 and January 2025. [1278/26]

680. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the average waiting time for a first-time car driving test for each month in 2024; and the average waiting time for a car re-test for each month in 2024. [1279/26]

681. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the date on which first-time driving test waiting lists were amalgamated with the retest waiting list. [1280/26]

682. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 on 2 October 2025, when he stated his intention to review the agreement on the mutual recognition of disqualifications between Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK as set out in the Road Traffic Act 2016, if his Department has started this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1281/26]

684. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if his Department keeps a record of disqualification mismatches that were wrongly inputted on to his driver record database by the RSA; if his Department monitors the system used by the RSA to manually match drivers with court disqualifications; and if he plans to do a deep-dive review of the data contained in his driver file database. [1301/26]

688. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the total number of driver testers employed by the Road Safety Authority and working in test centres to date in 2026, by driving test centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1347/26]

714. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the PSO provision for bus services in the greater Dublin area from 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1638/26]

715. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the PSO provision for bus services nationally from 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1639/26]

716. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the total fare revenue from bus services in the greater Dublin area from 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1640/26]

717. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the total amount invested in existing bus services versus new services in the greater Dublin area from 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1641/26]

718. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the estimated total fare revenue nationally if public transport fares are to increase by 10%, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1642/26]

719. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the estimated total fare revenue nationally if public transport fares are to increase by 20%, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1643/26]

720. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the estimated total fare revenue nationally if bus fares are to increase by 10%, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1644/26]

721. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the estimated total fare revenue nationally if bus fares are to increase by 20%, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1645/26]

722. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the PSO provision for bus services, by county from 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1646/26]

724. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of the spending on service control training with transport operators regarding RTPI accuracy, from 2020 to date, broken down per operator, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1654/26]

725. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the total amount spent on the Next Generation Automatic Vehicle Location system, broken down per year from 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1655/26]