Parliamentary questions

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/…

683. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); the timeframe for the payment on this person's RSA compensation claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1283/26]

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…

685. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the frequency of the No. 7 Bus Átha Cliath route with a view to increasing the divide to at least one bus every 15 minutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1331/26]

686. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport when it will be possible for Bus Átha Cliath customers who do not have a Leap card, to buy tickets on board other than with cash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1332/26]

687. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to inspect aircraft carrying official US military personnel or property, landing in Ireland to verify the veracity, of their manifest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1335/26]

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]

689. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the development of the first National Safety Camera Strategy within his Department; the timeline for public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1349/26]

690. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport for an update on plans to roll-out a national camera-based enforcement strategy focused on red light violations, bus lane violations and speeding; if he accepts that the increase in collisions and road deaths in 2025 requires an urgent focus on such safety measures to help safeguard all road users; and if he will make a statement on the …

691. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Transport the progress that has been made in expanding Local Link services in Cork; whether additional routes, increased frequency, or evening and weekend services are planned for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1352/26]

692. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Transport the active travel projects that are planned or underway in towns and villages in Cork; the way in which rural communities are being supported to improve walking and cycling infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1353/26]

693. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Transport the investment that is planned to improve rail services serving Mallow to Tralee via Banteer, Millstreet, Rathmore and Killarney, including early morning connectivity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1354/26]

694. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Transport the plans to address the current capacity and access issues within the transport sector for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1355/26]

695. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport if consideration will be given to implementing standardised reporting procedures for anomalous or non-cooperative aerial observations by flight crews before the passenger cap in Dublin Airport is lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1356/26]

696. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Transport the plans to ensure appropriate safety standards are in place before the lifting of the passenger cap in Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1357/26]

697. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the DART+ North Project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1374/26]

698. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that the Road Safety Authority resumes the publication of anonymised, collision location data for public, research and local-authority use, including for high risk corridors such as the Longford/Westmeath section of the N4; and if he will confirm that this will be done in line with Data Protection Commissioner guidance tha…

699. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of court notifications he received from the Courts Service in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, of drivers convicted of penalty points offences; the number of notifications that included a valid driver number; the number without a valid driver number; the number without a driver number that were successfully matched to the…

700. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of court disqualification orders he received from the Courts Service in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, of learner drivers disqualified in court; the number of orders that included the learner permit driver number; the number of disqualification orders without a driver number that were successfully manually matched by th…

701. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the total number of serious injury collisions in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; if the data published by the RSA for each year includes data on serious RTC casualties held by hospitals and GPs with that provided by gardaí. [1472/26]

702. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of people waiting to sit their driving test at Dungarvan test centre as of December 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1490/26]

703. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the average waiting time to be invited to sit a driving test at Dungarvan test centre as of December 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1491/26]