Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when each remaining section of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 will be signed into law. [22892/24]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 was signed into law by the President on 23 June 2023. This is a large piece of legislation which covers a multitude of topics.

In the Programme for Government, we committed to addressing a number of concerns, such as the use of e-scooters, rollout out of zero to low emissions vehicles associated infrastructure, progressing BusConnects, and tackling the anti-social use of scramblers and quads. The Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 will aid in the implementation of these commitments.

Work on the relevant commencement orders is ongoing. To date there have been three commencement orders signed into law. These covers topics such as the anti-social use of scramblers, provisions relating to the Irish Motor Insurance Database, BusConnects, and traffic management on National Roads. The most recent commencement order came into effect this week on 20 May. This commences Part 12 of the Act, which deals with e-scooters and e-bikes.

My Department is liaising with relevant stakeholders on the remaining provisions. Work incudes updating IT systems and conducting the necessary foundational work for the provisions to be commenced. It is anticipated that most these will come into effect in the coming months.