861. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Transport the procedures in place for those who receive penalty points for exceeding the speed (details supplied), where a person received three penalty points from 6 April 2026 even though the offence was committed on 21 February 2026 [26982/26]
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232. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of the 19% unmatched penalty points on the NVDF that were to drivers that should have been disqualified (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13522/26]
233. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if he is engaging with the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration and the Courts Service regarding to the circumstances in which the 18% of disqualified drivers not matched on the national vehicle and driver file who were on the road who did not hold a valid drivers licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13523/26]
361. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the last time a review was carried out of the penalty points system for road traffic offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11651/26]
362. 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. [11653/26]
390. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport the rationale for the current system under which penalty points are applied from the date on which they are formally processed and imposed by the national vehicle and driver file, rather than the date on which the motorist receives the fixed-charge notice; if he is aware that this results in penalty points remaining active for a period longer than the three ye…
60. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport following his answer to Parliamentary Question No’s 589, 590, 656, 657, 659, 661, 667 to 669, 671, 672 684 and 700 of 13 January 2026, the number of notification letters sent to penalty point offenders where the driver number was not captured; and the number which relate to penalty point disqualifications. [4983/26]
61. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question Nos 589, 590, 656, 657, 659, 661, 667 to 669, 671, 672 684 and 700 of 13 January 2026, for a breakdown of the information gathered for unmatched penalty point offences that can be used to identify the driver has been on the National Vehicle and Driver File, such as name, address or other, in tabular form. [4988/26]
365. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport following his report on 10 December 2025 titled "Recording of Penalty Points and Disqualifications on Driver Records" of the 14,527 notifications he received from the Courts Service on penalty point summonses in 2024, the number of notifications that included a driver number. [4298/26]
254. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of the 113 unmatched penalty points on the NVDF to foreign motorists held a valid drivers licence from an EU member state, the number holding an invalid/expired licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2956/26]
255. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of the 113 unmatched penalty points on the NVDF to foreign motorists that held a valid drivers licence from a non-EU member state; the number holding an invalid/expired licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2957/26]
256. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of the 113 unmatched penalty points on the NVDF to foreign motorists that held a valid drivers licence from the United Kingdom; the number holding an invalid/expired licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2958/26]
652. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of court notifications since 2020 that he received from the Courts Service of drivers convicted of penalty point offences; the number of these court notifications that did not include a valid driver number; the number that were manually matched by Transport to the correct driver record; the number that could not be matched to the driver; the number w…
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]
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; t…
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]
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 correct driver reco…
154. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 220 of 25 November 2025 the name of the foreign licence record file created on his Department's national vehicle and driver file (NVDF) on receipt of a penalty point offence where a foreign licence number is supplied; the number of foreign licence holders held on this record file; the procedure when a foreign licence number…
220. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if penalty points can be applied to non-Irish EU licences and inputted on the national vehicle and driver file database; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65812/25]
302. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport if there are figures available detailing the number of penalty points issued resulting from the decrease in speed limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17028/25]