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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: Does An Garda Síochána have access to data on all the disqualified drivers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: For all for all drivers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I am still trying to get clarity here. As Ms Gray said earlier, only 4% of drivers who are disqualified in court surrender their licences. The information is transferred from the Courts Service to the Department of Transport's NVDF database. That is then used to inform the mobility app. Is An Garda Síochána getting all the information it needs to inform the mobility app and to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: It is a very simple question that I am looking for clarity on. For all of those disqualified drivers, whether they surrender their licences or not, does An Garda Síochána have enough information at the roadside to then identify and prosecute them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: Do Dr. Coxon understand why that sounds so shocking?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I have only 30 seconds left. I am shocked that Mr. Walsh is talking about data sharing for weeks, particularly when for years the issue of the non-surrender of licences in court has been highlighted. Responses to successive parliamentary questions have indicated that it is not an issue and that it does not mean we cannot stop disqualified drivers on the road

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: Not all of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: That is not good enough. The responses to parliamentary questions I tabled say that the holders of foreign licences and those who never had licences cannot be identified, and I understand that. What I do not understand, however, is that there has been an acceptance of people not surrendering their licences when disqualified drivers who cannot be identified are on our roads.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I will read from the answer I received recently to a parliamentary question, which states: "Failing to surrender a licence following disqualification is also an offence and is a matter for the Garda Síochána." Just 4% of people in court surrendered their licences. From the answer to another parliamentary question, I believe one person was fined in recent years, back in 2022. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I recognise it is a huge amount of work. That is why I am saying I think this would be more efficient. It would be useful to have the data Mr. Walsh has just referenced, so we understand what we are not capturing. The Department should be transparent with us about what those numbers are, and then I will not have to ask so many parliamentary questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I think Mr. Walsh understands what I am trying to get at.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: And, crucially, how many are not being captured. That is what I would like to know. I thank the witnesses for being here, and for all the information they have provided.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: I know all the figures, and I know how impactful the insurance side has been.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Flexible Work Practices (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if public sector employers, colleges and public bodies have moved to 20% home and remote working as per the Making Remote Work strategy. [52681/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on any recent engagement his Department has had with the EU regarding Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53592/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his engagements with EU counterparts with regard to the re-examination of the EU-Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53593/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the efforts being made to reduce carbon emissions within the public sector workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53926/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide details of the €27 million funding announced for the acceleration of Ireland's circular economy transition; and the timeframe for when the funds will be issued, by county. [53488/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 37. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there will be an expansion of the funding of the circular economy innovation grant scheme in 2025. [53489/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (7 Oct 2025)

Emer Currie: 38. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new waste action plan for a circular economy is planned to be delivered after the current plan is due to expire at the end of 2025. [53490/25]