Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in which House of the Oireachtas the Bill was initiated; the number of ministerial or Government amendments submitted at each legislative Stage of the Bill; if the guillotine was used on the Bill in either House of the Oireachtas and the time allowed for each Stage; if ministerial or Government amendments to other legislation were only included in the Bill via amendment, after the Bill had been initiated, bypassing earlier Stages; the number of pages in the Bill when initiated and when it completed the legislative process, or as it currently stands amended for any lapsed Bills; if the Minister or the Government changed the scope of the Bill after it was initiated, and at which Stage and in which House this was done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4258/25]

Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in which House of the Oireachtas the Bill was initiated; the number of ministerial or Government amendments submitted at each legislative Stage of the Bill; if the guillotine was used on the Bill in either House of the Oireachtas and the time allowed for each Stage; if ministerial or Government amendments to other legislation were only included in the Bill via amendment, after the Bill had been initiated, bypassing earlier Stages; the number of pages in the Bill when initiated and when it completed the legislative process, or as it currently stands amended for any lapsed Bills; if the Minister or the Government changed the scope of the Bill after it was initiated, and at which Stage and in which House this was done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4258/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the Table below with respect to the two Bills initiated by the Minister for Transport in 2024:

• The Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024;
• The Road Traffic Bill 2024 (now enacted as the Road Traffic Act 2024).

  Title of Bill enacted/initiated in 2024	Number of Ministerial/Government amendments submitted at each legislative stage.	Was the guillotine used on the Bill in either House of the Oireachtas?	Were Ministerial/Government amendments to other legislation only included in the Bill via amendment, after the Bill had been initiated, bypassing earlier stages?	The number of pages in the Bill when initiated and when it completed the legislative process, or as it currently stands amended for any lapsed Bills	If the Minister/Government changed the scope of the Bill after it was initiated, and at which stage and in which House this was done.
  Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024	Dáil Third Stage: 13 Amendments.	Not used.	No - section 52 of the Bill as initiated included provisions amending other maritime legislation. Amendments were made to section 52 at Dáil Third Stage providing for further amendments to maritime safety legislation in order to provide for survey powers for safety equipment on board vessels including offshore service vessels. Government approval was received in advance of bringing these amendments.	45 pages when initiated. 49 pages as amended in the Select Committee on Transport and Communication.	No.
  Road Traffic Act 2024	Dáil Third Stage: 6 Amendments Dáil Fourth Stage: 5 Amendments	Not used.	No – proposed amendments to other legislation were included in the Bill as initiated. Other Government amendments included thereafter are outlined below. Amendments in Dáil Third Stage: -The Road Traffic Act 2002 was amended to fix an anomaly surrounding ancillary driving disqualifications. -The Road Traffic Act 1961 and the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 were amended to enable personal powered transporter (e-Scooter) provisions to come into effect. Amendments made in Dáil Fourth Stage: -The Road Traffic Act 2010 was amended to require drivers to remain at the roadside for a period of up to 30 minutes while waiting for a result from intoxicant testing.	14 pages when initiated. Signed Act is 15 pages.	No.