Road Safety Authority

644. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the merits of creating the role of a road safety commissioner and a related office with the legal authority, budget and mandate to deliver action on addressing road deaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24192/26]

645. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the merits of creating the role of a road safety commissioner and a related office with the legal authority, budget and mandate to deliver action on addressing road deaths (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24193/26]

658. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1463 of 18 March 2026, his views on any progress referred to; and the actions that have been taken during this time to achieve such objectives (details supplied). [24250/26]

664. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider creating a statutory Road Safety Commissioner with the legal authority, budget and mandate to deliver the 2030 road safety target, consolidating the duties of his Department, local government, the Road Safety Authority, An Garda Síochána and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, in order to ensure proper accountability for roa…

793. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport the steps being taken to strengthen governance and coordination across the agencies responsible for road safety; if he will consider reforms to ensure clearer accountability in the delivery of the Government’s Road Safety Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25995/26]

315. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport further to the decision in December 2025 to abandon the planned restructuring of the Road Safety Authority; the body or individual now responsible for delivering the Government’s target of halving road deaths by 2030; whether the Government has examined the Road Safety Commissioner model used in Norway and Sweden; and if he will make a st…

186. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport the actions his Department has planned to reform the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18248/26]

198. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Transport if he will re-evaluate the role, structure, and accountability of the Road Safety Authority in light of recent figures showing that 12,500 learner drivers in Wexford are now facing a 17-week waiting time for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18327/26]

231. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport following the decision in December 2025 to abandon the planned restructuring of the Road Safety Authority, to state which body or individual is now responsible for delivering the Government's target of halving road deaths by 2030; whether the Government has examined the Road Safety Commissioner model or equivalent statutory accountability m…

250. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Transport the governance reforms that are being considered to ensure delivery of the national target to halve road deaths by 2030; whether consideration has been given to establishing a statutory Road Safety Commissioner with independent oversight of delivery across agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18969/26]

263. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine the potential establishment of a statutory road safety commissioner with clear responsibility for overseeing and coordinating national road safety policy and for monitoring progress towards Ireland’s 2030 road safety targets, in view of the increase in road fatalities in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matt…

279. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Transport to support the establishment of a position of Road Safety Commissioner to oversee the implementation of the Road Safety Strategy, in particular, the aim of achieving a 50% reduction in road deaths in Ireland by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19287/26]

343. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport if he has any plans to appoint a statutory road safety commissioner with the power to deliver safety targets set for 2030, in light of the increasing death rate on our roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19881/26]

293. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has reached its agreed complement of 200 permanent driver testers; the current number of testers in each driving test centre; the average waiting time in each driving test centre for a driver to receive an invitation from the RSA to apply to sit a driving test. [18132/26]

67. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the basis for his decision to not split up the RSA into two distinct agencies as set out in an independent review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17778/26]

68. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding any ongoing review of the effectiveness of the RSA to promote and improve road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17779/26]

312. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether he has issued, or intends to issue, any policy direction to the Road Safety Authority requiring the publication of centre-by-centre national car test pass and fail statistics; whether he is satisfied that current publication practices meet standards of public transparency and accountability; and if he will make a statement on the mat…

313. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the total monetary value of the current national car testing contract approved by his Department; the date of its commencement; its scheduled expiry date; whether provision exists for extension; and the anticipated timeline for the next competitive procurement process. [16755/26]

314. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether he is satisfied that the audit and assurance framework operated by the Road Safety Authority in respect of the national car test includes statistical variance analysis of pass and fail rates across centres; whether threshold parameters are applied to identify anomalies; and whether such analysis is reported to his Department in aggre…

315. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether the Road Safety Authority has adopted, approved, or reviewed any performance metrics applied to national car testing inspectors relating to inspection throughput, efficiency targets, or statistical outcomes; whether any such metrics are linked to contractual key performance indicators; and whether he is satisfied that such arrangemen…

316. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether he has received, in aggregate form, data from the Road Safety Authority on the number and percentage of national car test fail decisions overturned on appeal in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and whether he will publish this information in the interests of public confidence [16758/26]

240. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to confirm whether all first, second and third-time learner permit holders have been written to by the Road Safety Authority following his signing of S.I. No. 527/2025, the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13665/26]

166. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No.13 of 28 January 2026, to confirm rather than ‘indicate’ if Gardaí have access to data on the NVDF via their mobility device on whether a disqualified driver surrendered their licence or learner permit to the RSA; and if that data is in real time for Gardaí to access at the roadside; and if he will make a…

13. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if Gardaí have access to data on the NVDF via their mobility device on whether a disqualified driver surrendered their licence or learner permit to the RSA; and if that data is in real time for Gardaí to access at the roadside. [6643/26]

178. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport his plans to bring forward legislative changes to the remit of the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2587/26]