358. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the rationale for increasing the clamp release fee from €80 to €125 a 56% increase in March 2022; whether any assessment was carried out on the impact of this increase on motorists, particularly in the context of cost-of-living pressures; and if he will consider reviewing or reducing the current clamp release charge. [37162/26]
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127. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he intends to amend the Road Traffic Act 1961 to introduce graduated penalties for driving under the influence of drugs based on the level of units detected in an individual’s blood as is the case with penalties for driving under the influence of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31920/26]
161. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the total number of road fatalities recorded in the State for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by road user category (driver, passenger, pedestrian, cyclist, motorcyclist), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32486/26]
162. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the total number of road fatalities recorded in the State for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32487/26]
163. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the total number of penalty points issued in the State in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by offence category, including speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence of drugs and use of a mobile phone while driving, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32488/26]
164. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the number of fixed charge notices issued for speeding offences in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number that resulted in penalty points being applied; the number that progressed to court proceedings, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32489/26]
165. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the number of detections, arrests and convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32490/26]
166. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the number of detections, arrests and convictions for driving under the influence of drugs in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32491/26]
167. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the number of detections and convictions for the use of a mobile phone while driving in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32492/26]
168. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the total number of driving licences suspended in the State in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by reason for suspension, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32493/26]
169. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the total number of driving licences cancelled or revoked in the State in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by reason for cancellation or revocation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32494/26]
170. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers who reached 12 or more penalty points and were subject to automatic disqualification in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number of disqualifications successfully appealed; the number of drivers who reached seven penalty points (the lower threshold for novice and learner drivers), in tabular form; and if he will make a stat…
173. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department has ever sought or explored the possibility of ring-fencing the monetary revenues arising from fines for driving and parking offences to fund the delivery of road safety measures; the way in which this money is accounted for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32797/26]
134. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has reviewed increasing the fines on users who misuse e-scooters and illegal scramblers on our roads as a further deterrent to doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20217/26]
673. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of penalty points issued in 2025, by offence type, and month. [24355/26]
674. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving disqualifications imposed in 2025, broken down by reason. [24356/26]
225. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the last time a review was carried out of the appeal mechanism for the penalty points system for road traffic offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18539/26]
296. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of times that new penalty points could be matched to an existing ‘shell record’ on transport’s driver file database when the driver has committed another penalty point offence(s), by year since 2020; the number of notifications sent to the personal details against the shell driver record each year since 2020, to inform the drivers that they are disqu…
55. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 25 February 2026, to list the 81 intoxicants that the Medical Bureau for Road Safety test for; to outline the process of expanding this list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17378/26]
259. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether any post-implementation review has been conducted by his Department of the Road Traffic Act 2024 provisions relating to graduated penalty points; whether an impact assessment was undertaken prior to enactment regarding proportionality and licence disqualification risk; and if he will publish any such assessment. [16041/26]
260. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department conducted modelling or analysis on the projected increase in licence disqualifications arising from the interaction between reduced statutory speed limits and the graduated penalty points framework; and if he will provide details of same. [16042/26]
261. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether consideration has been given to introducing a lower-tier administrative margin for minor excess speeding of 1–5 km/h above the posted limit, including the option of warnings or reduced penalty points; and if he will outline the policy position of his Department on such a tier. [16043/26]
262. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the policy rationale for permitting the accumulation of multiple sets of penalty points arising from a single incident under the Road Traffic Act 2024; whether any cap on cumulative points from a single roadside detection was considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16044/26]
263. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department has examined the road safety regimes of other EU Member States that differentiate penalty thresholds by road type, including urban, rural and motorway classifications; whether any comparative analysis was undertaken prior to introducing the current graduated system; and if he will publish any such analysis. [16045/26]
264. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether any review has been initiated by his Department into the proportionality of mandatory disqualification periods under roadside drug testing legislation where no observable impairment is recorded; and whether amendments to incorporate impairment-based assessment or judicial discretion are under consideration. [16046/26]