651. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 2 October 2025, the number of mutual recognition (MR) cases received from both Northern Ireland and the UK each year from 2022 to 2025; the number given effect in Irish courts; the number of cases where the disqualification had expired in Northern Ireland and/or the UK before it was recognised in this jurisdiction; t…
Topics / Road Traffic Offences
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsRoad Traffic Offences
223 questions from 41 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 29 September 2026.
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221 written, 2 oral
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| January 2026 | 52 |
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| July 2026 | 8 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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656. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers who had penalty points incorrectly applied to their driver file record; the agency responsible for these errors; the number of mismatches discovered each year since 2020; and the way in which the errors were identified and addressed. [1134/26]
657. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the reasons for mismatches of penalty points being applied to incorrect driver record file; the procedure after identifying a mismatch; if his Department writes to the driver incorrectly linked to a penalty point offence; if his Department attempts to find the correct driver or if the penalty points are applied automatically onto a shell record on his Departmen…
658. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 177 to 184, inclusive, of 16 October 2025, No. 265 of 4 November 2025 and No. 212 of 13 November 2025, the reason for the delay in publishing this data and the proposed new date (details supplied). [1136/26]
659. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport , further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 4 November 2025, on the Road Safety Authority's contract with an organisation (details supplied) to manually record court driving disqualifications on the driver record on his NVDF database; and his plans to meet the Road Safety Authority and the organisation to discuss mismatches manually recorded and inputted on …
660. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the procedure used by his Department to inform drivers of the requirement to surrender their licence to the Road Safety Authority on disqualification; the procedure used to contact drivers when the unique driver number has not been captured. [1138/26]
661. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the procedure used to inform drivers of penalty points applied to their driver record file; the procedure used when a driver number has not been captured; and the procedure then used to inform drivers who had penalty points applied to their driver record in error. [1139/26]
667. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers who had a disqualification incorrectly applied to their driver file record in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and the way in which the errors were identified and addressed. [1166/26]
668. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers who had penalty points incorrectly applied to their driver file record; the agency responsible for these errors; the number of mismatches discovered each year since 2020; and the way in which errors were identified and addressed. [1174/26]
669. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the reason for mismatches of penalty points being applied to incorrect driver record files; the procedure after identifying a mismatch; if the Department write to the drivers who were incorrectly linked to a penalty point offence; and if the Department attempts to find the correct driver or if the penalty points are applied automatically on to a shell record on…
671. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport , further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 4 November 2025, on the Road Safety Authority's contract with an organisation (details supplied) to manually record court driving disqualifications on the driver record on his NVDF database; and if he has made plans to meet the Road Safety Authority and the organisation to discuss the mismatches manually recorded a…
672. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the procedure used by his Department to inform drivers of the requirement to surrender their licence to the Road Safety Authority on disqualification; the procedure used to contact drivers when the unique driver number has not been captured. [1178/26]
675. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if insurance companies have the ability to check whether a driver has been disqualified prior to the issuing of a policy of motor insurance; and the way in which that process works. [1209/26]
682. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 on 2 October 2025, when he stated his intention to review the agreement on the mutual recognition of disqualifications between Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK as set out in the Road Traffic Act 2016, if his Department has started this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1281/26]
684. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if his Department keeps a record of disqualification mismatches that were wrongly inputted on to his driver record database by the RSA; if his Department monitors the system used by the RSA to manually match drivers with court disqualifications; and if he plans to do a deep-dive review of the data contained in his driver file database. [1301/26]
700. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of court disqualification orders he received from the Courts Service in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, of learner drivers disqualified in court; the number of orders that included the learner permit driver number; the number of disqualification orders without a driver number that were successfully manually matched by the RSA to the correct…
1707. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of disqualified driver offences recorded caught driving while under a driving ban in 2024. [1061/26]
1708. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of detections, arrests and prosecutions broken down for the offence of driving while disqualified in the past five years. [1063/26]
1709. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people arrested and prosecuted for the offence of driving while disqualified in the past five years. [1064/26]
1710. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for a breakdown of offences that led to driving disqualification in 2024 (details supplied). [1065/26]
204. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the current speed restrictions that apply to motorbikes on national roads; the penalties for speeding; and the number of speeding fines and penalty points issued in 2023 and 2024. [69452/25]
151. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 4 November 2025, to provide details on meetings between the National Transport Authority to work with An Garda Síochána and Dublin City Council on the deployment of traffic management cameras in the past three months; and to provide dates and locations for the operational sites planned in the near future. [68119…
401. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of drivers caught or suspected of not having motor insurance per annum from 2020, to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67490/25]
322. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the number of Ukrainian-registered vehicles identified as non-compliant with motor tax requirements since February 2022; the steps being taken to ensure compliance among vehicles imported under temporary protection or refugee status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63830/25]
323. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the mechanisms in place to verify insurance compliance for Ukrainian-registered vehicles operating in Ireland; the estimated number of such vehicles without valid insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63831/25]