Road Network

375. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the Eastern Bypass reserve lands. [37741/26]

380. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport his Department’s position regarding the Dublin Eastern Bypass Corridor Study. [37746/26]

381. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department had been consulted, engaged with, or submitted any observations to the Dublin Eastern Bypass Corridor Study. [37747/26]

327. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether the preliminary business case for the Mallow relief road remains on schedule for submission in Q2 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34186/26]

328. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport when he expects the Mallow relief road project to be submitted to An Coimisiún Pleanála; and what the projected timeline is from planning consent to construction commencement. [34187/26]

329. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport what funding has been allocated to the Mallow relief road project beyond the current €600,000; and what future funding commitments are planned to ensure the project advances without delay. [34188/26]

331. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport which agency, Transport Infrastructure Ireland or the National Transport Authority, has primary responsibility for delivery of the Mallow relief road; and the reporting mechanisms in place to monitor progress. [34190/26]

421. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department is considering proposals to address a barrier (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35146/26]

424. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the Irish- US Drivers Licence Exchange Campaign Report examining the barriers faced by thousands of Irish Emigrants returning home and American citizens working in Ireland as they seek to acquire an Irish Licence, his plans to engage with the three major recommendations contained therein; and if he will make a statement on …

1288. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to introduce a budget that will allow a local improvement scheme roads (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34023/26]

195. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the current capacity limits of the M50; the frequency with which incidents lead to full or partial gridlock; and the contingency measures that are in place when major collisions occur. [33518/26]

196. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport when the M50 was originally designed and commissioned as an outer ring road; the population and traffic projections that underpinned that design; and whether those assumptions remain valid today. [33519/26]

197. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department has assessed the strategic case for an additional outer ring road around Dublin; and if so, to outline the findings of any such assessments. [33520/26]

198. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the plans, route options or feasibility studies for a Dublin outer ring road that currently exist; when they were last reviewed; and the reason they have not progressed to delivery. [33521/26]

199. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the proportion of heavy goods vehicles and non-Dublin bound traffic that currently use the M50; and the measures being considered to divert unnecessary through traffic away from it. [33522/26]

200. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department has examined the impact of M50 tolling on traffic volumes; and whether local and regional traffic is discouraged from alternative routes and thereby concentrated onto the M50. [33523/26]

201. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the economic cost of M50 congestion, including delays to commuters, freight, and emergency responses; and whether this has been updated in recent years. [33524/26]

202. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the engagement that has taken place with local authorities in the greater Dublin area regarding long term road resilience and orbital routes beyond the M50. [33525/26]

203. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport whether the Government intends to commission new research or a strategic transport review on orbital road capacity around Dublin; and if not, the reasons for this decision. [33526/26]

117. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the total allocations for local road maintenance and improvement to Monaghan and Cavan County Councils for the years 2020-2025 inclusive; and the proposed allocation for 2026. [30071/26]

136. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the current position regarding road safety on national and regional roads in Waterford and the wider south east, including planned improvement works and investment priorities; and the steps he will take to address ongoing safety concerns. [31321/26]

149. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the progress of proposals to upgrade the R624 access road to Cobh and the Great Island in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32177/26]

173. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department will authorise release of emergency funding to Wicklow and Wexford local authorities to address the cost of repairing significant damage to the roads network impacted during storm Chandra, which has been quantified and applied for to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30631/26]

175. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport whether the roads allocation for Louth County Council will be increased this year in view of the rise in costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31245/26]

183. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on proposals for the upgrade of the N25 national road in East Cork between Carrigtwohill and Youghal; if consideration is being given to any further proposals to ease congestion at the Lakeview Roundabout, Midleton, in the short term, in light of daily traffic volumes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32…