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Road 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
6
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 20257
February 20259
March 202510
April 202510
May 202515
June 202518
July 202524
August 20250
September 202515
October 20259
November 202532
December 202522
January 202652
February 202644
March 202682
April 202663
May 202627
June 202615
July 202629
August 20260
September 202641
October 20269

Who asks, by party

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.

  • Aontú13 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil106 from 27 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael144 from 18 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party15 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent34 from 9 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland17 from 3 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party52 from 9 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity13 from 2 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin114 from 27 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 51
  2. 30
  3. 26
  4. 23
  5. 21
  6. 18
  7. 15
  8. 13

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Conor D McGuinness Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Transport
237. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he will advocate for urgent safety upgrades to the N25, including works to improve dangerous junctions and accident blackspots across County Waterford. [3482/25]
John Connolly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Transport
162. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport the number of front of school projects on the safe routes to school scheme across the country that have been fully completed since the initiation of the scheme in 2020. [46332/24]
Duncan Smith Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Transport
221. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport to outline the regulations in relation to headlight glare; if his Department has undertaken studies on LED headlight glare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1101/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Transport
225. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport regarding his Department's safe routes to school funding, if he will outline the grounds on which a school (details supplied) was turned down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1146/25]
Niall Collins Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Transport
241. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the number of landowners nationwide who have trees which are non-commercial plantations impacted by ash dieback adjacent to public roads; if he has assessed the associated potential risk to road safety; if he will consider a scheme to help landowners with the cost of removal of these impacted trees; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
Louis O'Hara Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Transport
244. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has concerns related to difficulties caused by high-intensity LED headlights on new cars for oncoming drivers; if this matter has been discussed with the European Commission which is responsible for regulation of this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1403/25]
John Connolly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Transport
259. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport if adequate additional resources will be provided to local authorities to enable them carry out essential road gritting works on all local and national routes during extreme weather conditions as experienced recently (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1539/25]
Mark Wall Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Transport
315. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport if he can arrange to have an urgent safety audit carried out at the junction of the M9/M7 motorway in County Kildare, in both directions, given the recent serious and recurring incidents there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2130/25]