Questions asked 18 total

• Transport 11 questions

  • 2024-07-09 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of fatal and serious road traffic collisions involving learner drivers each year from 2016 to 2023; the number of fatalities in each of the fatal crashes by year, the number of people who suffered serious injury; the number of fatal and serious crashes involving an unaccompanied learner driver; the number of learner drivers involved who had never sat a driving test; the timeframe for the RSA to publish data on fatal and serious road crashes involving learner drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29450/24]
  • 2024-07-09 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his agreed approach with the Road Safety Authority to prevent learner permit renewals without sitting a driving test, under action 27 of the road safety strategy; the proposed date in 2024 for implementation; the reason for the delay to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29451/24]
  • 2024-07-09 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his plans to allow An Garda Síochána gain instant access to the national driver file database at the roadside, for real-time information on the status of a licence or learner permit and disqualifications; the proposed date for the Minister to give this access to gardaí as requested; the reason for the delay to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29452/24]
  • 2024-07-09 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his plans to sign a commencement order to activate a provision in the Road Traffic Act 2023 allowing motor insurers and intermediaries gain access to his Department's driver file database to information on disqualified drivers and to verify the driver number; to allow intermediaries with specific sanction from a vehicle insurer to conclude insurance contracts on the insurer's behalf; the reason for delays to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29453/24]
  • 2024-07-09 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe for his Department to link records of all driving licences to the records of vehicle registrations on his Department's national vehicle and driver file databases; the reasons for the delay to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29454/24]
  • 2024-07-09 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his plans on the consolidation of Road Traffic Acts; the proposed date for the consolidated Heads of Bill to be presented to the Dáil in 2024, as agreed at the Ministerial road safety committee meeting in November 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29455/24]
  • 2024-07-09 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe for the Road Safety Authority to publish the complete data on the number of serious injury road traffic collisions, to include hospital data, for 2023; the reason for delays to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29456/24]
  • 2024-07-09 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport to report on the success rate of the system used for mutual recognition of disqualified drivers between the UK and Ireland; to provide an update on his Department's review of the system used in Ireland; his intention to adopt the UK 'administrative' system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29457/24]
  • 2024-07-09 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his plans to abolish the current system used by the Road Safety Authority requesting disqualified drivers to surrender their licences by post to an RSA PO box in Cork, resulting in an only 5% compliance rate; his plans to put in place a fit-for-purpose system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29458/24]
  • 2024-07-09 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if, following his statement in 2023 announcing that an organisation (details supplied) will be populated with verified driver numbers from mid 2024, he can now confirm that this work has been completed; if it includes all driver numbers; the reason for the delays to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29459/24]
  • 2024-07-09 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport following a reply to a PQ raised in March 2023, if the insurance details of the 257,320 fleet and motor trader vehicles have been uploaded to the national fleet database; if the MIBI has shared the insurance details of every vehicle on this database with An Garda Síochána on its mobility device app, to provide An Garda Síochána with a real-time view of the insurance status of a driver at the roadside; if the information supplied has been checked and verified by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29460/24]
• Education 3 questions

  • 2024-07-09 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on secondary school transport services from Kilmore in County Wexford to Wexford town, County Wexford; if additional services will be provided in September 2024 under the school transport scheme for concessionary students similar to concessionary services provided for in Callan, Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29151/24]
  • 2024-07-10 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the concerns regarding the school transport currently in operation for a school in County Wexford (details supplied); what considerations she is giving to amending the current school bus route or creating a new route to cater for the whole parish similar to the concessionary service established and operated in Gowran, County Kilkenny recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30305/24]
  • 2024-07-11 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education what cross-Department engagement he has had regarding the various issues around school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28935/24]
• Justice 2 questions

  • 2024-07-09 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí assigned to roads policing units in Cork west; if there was an increase of eleven members in one month, from 19 members in February 2024 to 30 members in March 2024; the date of the last roads policing competition held and completed in the southern regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29180/24]
  • 2024-07-09 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Justice to advise in regard to funding which has been sanctioned for the kit out of the new premises of Wexford women’s refuge in Maudlintown, County Wexford; when the funding is expected to be released to the refuge; what additional levels of funding will be awarded to the refuge going forward to manage operational costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29813/24]
• Children 2 questions

  • 2024-07-10 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to children in receipt of access and inclusion model supports through the Early Childhood Care and Education programme over the summer school break to ensure there is no regression for the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30307/24]
  • 2024-07-10 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available over the summer school break to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30308/24]