Road Safety Authority

355. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport the number of investigations by the Road Safety Authority into suspected tachograph manipulation, tachograph card misuse or other tachograph-related fraud in each of the past five years; the number of prosecutions arising from such investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54918/26]

357. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware or reports that new figures from the RSA show that 85% of driver fatalities in Ireland occur on rural roads; the measures he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55043/26]

439. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the RSA report (details supplied); the number of these fatalities that were reported to the Health and Safety Authority under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Reporting of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences) Regulations 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56329/26]

440. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the RSA report (details supplied); the number which are included within the 18 vehicle-related workplace fatalities reported by the HSA 2025; whether he supports the inclusion of such data in future HSA Annual Reports on workplace fatalities and work-related deaths; and if he will make a statement on the mat…

496. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport to report on the Road Safety Authority’s review of the road traffic collision data sharing policies; and the date the body will resume issuing record-level data on road traffic collisions. [57071/26]

177. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport the reforms he intends to enact regarding the structure, responsibility and staffing of the Road Safety Authority; the timeline for when these reforms will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53668/26]

289. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the progress made to date by the RSA to update the 12 IT systems required for the new learner driver regulations coming into effect on 1 November 2026. [45142/26]

402. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport to provide details of all key performance indicators, service standards or response-time metrics monitored by his Department in relation to the responsiveness, correspondence-handling performance and public representative engagement functions of the Road Safety Authority and National Driver Licence Service; and if he will make a statement on…

403. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether the Road Safety Authority provides periodic reports, updates or governance briefings to his Department regarding delayed, unanswered, escalated or lost correspondence submitted by public representatives relating to driver licensing matters; if so, the frequency and format of such reporting; and if he will make a statement on the matt…

404. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether any response-time targets, escalation procedures, service standards or governance thresholds apply to correspondence submitted by public representatives to the Road Safety Authority or National Driver Licence Service; whether compliance with such standards is monitored by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…

405. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether concerns regarding delayed responses, unanswered representations, lost correspondence or correspondence backlogs within the National Driver Licence Service have been raised or discussed at quarterly governance meetings or monthly operational meetings between his Department and the Road Safety Authority since January 2024; and if he w…

406. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department maintains records, logs or summaries of concerns raised regarding the correspondence-handling performance or responsiveness of the Road Safety Authority or National Driver Licence Service to public representatives since 2024; whether any trends or recurring issues have been identified; and if he will make a statement o…

255. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport given that the Road Safety Authority published an interactive collision location map on 12 May 2026 making collision data from 2016 to 2024 publicly available, the reason local authority road engineers still require the National Vehicle and Driver File Bill 2026 to access this same data for infrastructure design and safety assessment purpos…

365. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether the Road Safety Authority has completed any internal review, audit or ICT assessment concerning the status, monitoring or operational history of the email address tdrepsappeals@ndls.ie; whether such review identified any periods during which the address was inactive, unmonitored or not subject to routine oversight; and if he will mak…

366. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether the Road Safety Authority maintains any formal service-level agreement or response-time target governing correspondence received from Oireachtas members, constituency offices or public representatives relating to driver licensing matters [39252/26]

367. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether the Road Safety Authority operates a formal case-management, tracking or ticketing system for correspondence received from public representatives concerning driver licensing applications; whether each representation is assigned a unique reference number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39254/26]

369. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether the Road Safety Authority has undertaken any assessment of the impact of delayed driver licensing decisions on employment, education, healthcare access, disability supports, caring responsibilities or rural transport dependency [39256/26]

370. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether any automated acknowledgement system applies to all correspondence channels used for driver licensing representations from Oireachtas members and constituency offices; whether delivery failure monitoring is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39257/26]

372. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether any consideration has been given to establishing a dedicated tracked escalation channel for urgent driver licensing representations involving employment loss, medical necessity, disability supports or exceptional hardship circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39259/26]

399. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if the RSA has contracted a university (details supplied) to undertake a survey into truck driving in Ireland; the reason a British university has been contracted to do the survey; if it is the case that 50% of those surveyed must have had to have a driving offence in the last five years; and if so if this will skew or bias the results of …

374. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport if there is a dedicated email or phone number for Oireachtas Members wishing to contact the Road Safety Authority; and if so, the details of same. [37724/26]

183. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport whether, in light of the recent increase in road fatalities, the Government intends to reconsider the recommendations of the Indecon report on the Road Safety Authority, particularly in relation to the structure, remit and effectiveness of the RSA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33106/26]

239. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of permanent driver testers the RSA has fully trained since his Department sanctioned an additional 70 in September 2024; the current number of driver testers working in each driving test centre; the number of overtime tests delivered each month in 2025 and to date in 2026, by driver testers; and the number of car driving test cen…

53. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the revised RSA reform proposals, following on from the decision to not pursue review recommendations to reform and restructure the RSA into two independent agencies; the stakeholders being consulted and involved in the drafting of these revised proposals; when he intends to present these proposals to Government; and if he w…

643. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the actions he is taking to engage with the RSA and other organisations in relation to the high level of road deaths on Irish roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24191/26]