Parliamentary questions

654. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the Government's commitment in 2020 to consolidate road traffic legislation which was included in the Programme for Government; the progress made by the dedicated unit set up by his Department in 2024 to work exclusively on consolidation of road traffic Acts; the timeframe proposed to bring the heads of Bill before the…

655. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 18 November 2025, to clarify his statement that ‘the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has responsibility in relation to the endorsement of penalty points to driver records’. [1133/26]

656. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers who had penalty points incorrectly applied to their driver file record; the agency responsible for these errors; the number of mismatches discovered each year since 2020; and the way in which the errors were identified and addressed. [1134/26]

657. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the reasons for mismatches of penalty points being applied to incorrect driver record file; the procedure after identifying a mismatch; if his Department writes to the driver incorrectly linked to a penalty point offence; if his Department attempts to find the correct driver or if the penalty points are applied automatically onto a shell rec…

658. 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, the reason for the delay in publishing this data and the proposed new date (details supplied). [1136/26]

659. 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 his plans to meet the Road Safety Authority and the organisation to discuss mismatches manually recor…

660. 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. [1138/26]

661. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the procedure used to inform drivers of penalty points applied to their driver record file; the procedure used when a driver number has not been captured; and the procedure then used to inform drivers who had penalty points applied to their driver record in error. [1139/26]

662. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of people who died in road traffic collisions in 2025 aged 30 years and under. [1140/26]

663. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the Government's commitment in 2020 to consolidate road traffic legislation which was included in the Programme for Government; the progress made by the dedicated unit set up by his Department in 2024 to work exclusively on consolidation of Road Traffic Acts; the timeframe proposed to bring the Heads of Bill before the…

664. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE revenue protection managers employed by Iarnród Éireann as of 5 January 2026, in tabular form. [1159/26]

665. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE revenue protection managers employed by Bus Éireann as of 5 January 2026, in tabular form. [1160/26]

666. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department is aware of any drivers’ licences cancelled in the recent crackdown on fraudulent pass grades for driving tests (details supplied) under the licence exchange agreement; whether his Department has discussed this issue with the NDLS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1165/26]

667. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers who had a disqualification incorrectly applied to their driver file record in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and the way in which the errors were identified and addressed. [1166/26]

668. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers who had penalty points incorrectly applied to their driver file record; the agency responsible for these errors; the number of mismatches discovered each year since 2020; and the way in which errors were identified and addressed. [1174/26]

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 …

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 b…

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…

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]

673. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport when a driving licence exchange application will be completed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1190/26]

674. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if retrospective funding would be considered to ensure, under active travel infrastructure, the provision of additional public toilets at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1194/26]

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]