Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that manual notices continue to be sent to the Road Safety Authority with details of drivers disqualified in court when the Minister for Justice responded to a Parliamentary Question in February 2021 stating that the Courts Service has been ready to automate the electronic transfer of disqualifications to the National Driver Licence Service and the Road Safety Authority since the end of 2019 and are awaiting confirmation from his Department that they are able to receive the data in this format; the reason for the delay within his Department and the RSA to receive this data electronically; the timeframe for this work to be completed by his Department and the RSA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24798/21]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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My Department and the RSA have been actively engaged on this project with the Courts Service. Completion was postponed in March 2020 due to other urgent priorities requiring immediate and ongoing attention in terms of operations, ICT and legislation, such as the Driving Licence and Vehicle Testing extensions, that were introduced due to the pandemic, as well as support for the Health Service Executive. My Department is planning to resume the project when immediate urgent needs are no longer the priority in terms of our resources. We will engage with the RSA and the Courts Service at that time to re-schedule the development.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 10 February 2021, if he has received the requested report from the Road Safety Authority regarding learner drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24799/21]

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 10 February 2021, if he has received the requested report from the Road Safety Authority regarding disqualified drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24800/21]

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 10 February 2021, if the report requested form the RSA is now available regarding disqualified learner drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24803/21]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 66, 67 and 70 together.

My department did not request the referenced reports from the Road Safety Authority (RSA). The Deputy's requests in February were sent to the Road Safety Authority (RSA) for direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received the requested information directly from the RSA, I ask that she contact my office.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 10 February 2021, if he will report on the 29 action plans from the 2013-2020 Road Safety Strategy that were not completed by the end of the strategy term on 31 December 2020; the reason he reported that there were only seven action plans incomplete by the end of the strategy term in his reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24801/21]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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I understand that the RSA has been finalizing its report on the Actions under the Road Safety Strategy 2013-2020. The research has been completed and it is currently being reviewed by the RSA. Due to more urgent priorities following the Covid-19 pandemic, the review is somewhat behind schedule.

The report findings will be presented to the Board of the RSA, following which the report will be published.

I would like to thank the Deputy for raising her question about my answer of 10 February last. I should clarify that the 7 uncompleted Actions from the Strategy referred to in my response on that occasion are the uncompleted Actions for which my Department has the lead role.

I now understand from the RSA that the total number of uncompleted Actions for all stakeholders is indeed 29, as the Deputy says. I apologise if there was any confusion over this.