446. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Transport the number of schools, broken down by local authority, that have been supported to introduce the safe routes to school programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19866/25]
Topics / Road Safety
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsRoad Safety
533 questions from 109 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
533
questions
528 written, 5 oral
109
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 7 |
| February 2025 | 9 |
| March 2025 | 10 |
| April 2025 | 10 |
| May 2025 | 15 |
| June 2025 | 18 |
| July 2025 | 24 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 15 |
| October 2025 | 9 |
| November 2025 | 32 |
| December 2025 | 22 |
| January 2026 | 52 |
| February 2026 | 44 |
| March 2026 | 82 |
| April 2026 | 63 |
| May 2026 | 27 |
| June 2026 | 15 |
| July 2026 | 29 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 41 |
| October 2026 | 9 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
447. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Transport if the safe routes to school programme was suspended at any stage; and if it has, when it will be reopened for applications. [19867/25]
496. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Transport the funds currently available for the safe routes to school programme; the number of applications received for counties Wicklow and Wexford to date including successful and unsuccessful applications, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20476/25]
502. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport when urgently required safety measures will be installed at a location in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20617/25]
506. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if, given the ongoing traffic concerns and safety risks at the Crowhill Junction on the N86 Tralee/Camp/Annascaul/Dingle road where it meets the Inch/Keel to Killarney road, he will commit to the provision of a roundabout at this location (details supplied); the steps being taken to prioritise and expedite the delivery of this much-needed infrastructural imp…
304. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport to provide details regarding the use of 'near-miss technology' for monitoring accidents on Irish roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15519/25]
323. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on what proactive measures are being implemented to address the increasing prevalence of speeding e-scooters and e-bikes in public pedestrian laneways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15757/25]
178. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department can provide emergency funding to local authorities for road-safety measures to create road-safety infrastructure where dangerous situations exist for pedestrians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14885/25]
142. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the measures he is taking to improve roads policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12784/25]
315. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the date on which the national change of speed limits from 50 km/h to 30 km/h; and if it applies to all public and private residential developments. [11465/25]
335. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport if his Department is considering funding a pilot red-light camera initiative in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11885/25]
338. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport if funding has been increased or decreased to municipal districts in relation to low-cost road safety measures; if additional funding is available for this; and if there is a risk to life in certain circumstances. [11929/25]
354. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport when he envisions a speed limit reduction in urban areas from 50 km/h to 30 km/h; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12281/25]
355. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport if he has engaged with the Road Safety Authority to progress the issue of detection cameras for motorists running red lights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12282/25]
366. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Transport his plans to improve road safety in Dublin 8; if there will be enforcement of the clear way on Cunningham Road; if Memorial Gardens and surrounding access roads get a path, traffic calming, road markings and a stop sign and children crossing sign at the gate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12553/25]
248. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the reason cameras for live traffic feed at the Dunkettle Interchange are not currently live. [9285/25]
249. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the cost of installing cameras at the Dunkettle Interchange. [9286/25]
190. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport when the extremely dangerous single lane Listry Bridge, County Kerry (details supplied) will be replaced, as it is a major health and safety issue for all road users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8833/25]
268. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, given the spread of ash dieback disease he has a proposal, or if he plans to bring forward any initiative to ensure the removal of trees affected or potentially affected from roadside hedgerows where they constitute a very real danger to public safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5340/25]
164. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport when he expects the remaining local road speed limit reductions to come into effect nationally; if it is envisaged that urban routes will see these proposed reductions before those on national secondary roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4673/25]
135. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Transport if a review into the road safety along Luffany/Slieverue/Rhu Glenn has taken place, due to the high number of road traffic fatalities on this stretch of road; if a review has not been conducted, whether he will instruct Transport Infrastructure Ireland to carry out a road safety review to assess the measures that can be put in place to improve road …
140. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport if the funding provided to county councils for road gritting is restricted solely to regional and national roads. [2183/25]
141. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport the contingency measures his Department has in place to ensure that funding is provided for council municipal districts such as the Edenderry local electoral area in Offaly, which has no national roads and therefore does not meet the criteria for additional funding from central Government for essential road safety services during yellow, orange and red we…
216. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport whether a safety audit has been conducted of the blanket lowering of speed limits across the country, given that lower speeds will in certain areas lead to more overtaking by frustrated drivers; and if an analysis has been conducted of how this measure will affect road safety. [3188/25]
225. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has carried out a safe route access plan for the pupils of a school (details supplied) for their new daily commute to the new school building in Kishoge; if his Department has engaged with South Dublin County Council on this matter; when the appropriate provisions will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3300/25]