295. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport his plans to upgrade or improve the N68 and N67, including timelines for works, budget allocations, and specific safety measures to be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71926/25]
Topics / Road Network
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsRoad Network
330 questions from 82 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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323 written, 7 oral
82
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| January 2025 | 15 |
| February 2025 | 18 |
| March 2025 | 6 |
| April 2025 | 17 |
| May 2025 | 21 |
| June 2025 | 12 |
| July 2025 | 6 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 20 |
| October 2025 | 5 |
| November 2025 | 26 |
| December 2025 | 14 |
| January 2026 | 12 |
| February 2026 | 34 |
| March 2026 | 19 |
| April 2026 | 14 |
| May 2026 | 30 |
| June 2026 | 22 |
| July 2026 | 17 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 17 |
| October 2026 | 5 |
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296. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if consideration has been given to widening, strengthening, or re-aligning sections of the N68 and N67, to accommodate heavy goods vehicles and tourist traffic safely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71927/25]
297. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport the measures to ensure that traffic management during road closures on the N68 and N67, is safe, supervised, and does not impede emergency services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71928/25]
338. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport to advise on the stakeholder process further to approval in principle for a service (details supplied) to use the bus lane network while carrying out their services; the proposed timelines for such activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71263/25]
262. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport his plans to revisit proposals for a Leinster outer orbital route in light of increasing congestion on the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69951/25]
99. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if the road and footpaths in Cahersiveen town, County Kerry can be upgraded urgently as they are a major health and safety issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68364/25]
100. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if the Ring of Kerry road from the Blackwater Bridge to Sneem can be surface dressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68365/25]
115. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Transport the provisions in place to provide a catch-up fund for counties like Wexford, to meet the gap in funding and the true cost of maintaining the roads; and if the county will see an increase to the 2026 budget having seen a reduction in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67690/25]
123. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider amending the current funding model and allocating emergency funding for secondary roads in rural Wexford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67875/25]
213. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the statutory position regarding responsibility for local and regional roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67118/25]
244. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the total length of the local road network and the regional road network nationally; if he will provide the most recent verified figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67103/25]
245. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a breakdown by local authority of the length of local roads and regional roads in each council area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67104/25]
246. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the annual allocation to each local authority for the maintenance and improvement of regional and local roads for each of the years 2020 to 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67105/25]
247. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the extent to which allocations to local authorities for regional and local roads have increased or decreased in real terms over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67106/25]
248. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the current assessment of the condition of the local and regional road network; the proportion of this network that is assessed as being in poor or very poor condition; the basis on which this assessment is carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67107/25]
249. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has carried out analysis of the cost implications of prolonged under-investment in local and regional roads, including safety impacts, vehicle damage, and economic impacts in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67108/25]
253. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the respective roles and responsibilities of his Department and of local authorities in relation to the maintenance, management and funding of local and regional roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67112/25]
254. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the criteria used by his Department to allocate regional and local roads funding between local authorities, including factors such as network length, condition, traffic volumes and climate impacts; if he is satisfied that the current model is equitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67113/25]
93. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is aware of the vital need for a second bridge in Celbridge; to provide an update on the project currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60446/25]
229. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the basis on which Transport Infrastructure Ireland have raised charges on the M50 from 1 January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64942/25]
243. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport the impact that Circular RW18 and the new regime for exceptional abnormal loads has had on the timing and cost of moving very heavy loads, including for grid and energy project;, if his Department has undertaken or plans to undertake a formal review of the regime in light of stakeholder feedback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65099/25]
244. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport how the Eirspan bridge management system is currently used to assess the suitability of bridges and structures for abnormal and exceptional abnormal load movements; if promoters and hauliers can access or obtain relevant capacity data to inform route selection in advance of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65101/25]
245. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport if there is a formal protocol, working group or memorandum of understanding between his Department, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, EirGrid and ESB Networks regarding the planning and permitting of very heavy loads associated with strategic energy infrastructure, including transformers, generators and r…
246. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has assessed the typical costs incurred by promoters in preparing applications for exceptional abnormal loads, including bridge surveys and independent checks; if he will examine options such as a centrally maintained national capacity map or shared survey data to reduce duplication and cost, particularly for repeat routes; and if he will ma…
247. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport if he has benchmarked Ireland’s permitting process and timelines for abnormal and exceptional abnormal loads against best practice in other EU member states and the UK, including the use of electronic permitting systems, standardised time limits and designated heavy-load networks, if lessons from that benchmarking exercise have been or will be applied to stre…