Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the permitted speed for a HGV vehicle. [29163/25]

Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the permitted speed for a HGV vehicle to travel at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29237/25]

Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 297 and 302 together.

As Minister of State for International & Road Transport, Logistics, Rail & Ports, I wish to advise that motor vehicles designed and constructed primarily for the carriage of goods with a design gross vehicle weight greater than 3500kg (EU Category N2 and N3, as defined in Regulation (EU) 2018/858) must comply with the ordinary speed limits as prescribed in SI 546/2008 www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2008/si/546/made/en/print - Road Traffic (Ordinary Speed Limits Buses, Heavy Goods Vehicles, Etc) Regulations 2008, as amended.

The ordinary speed limit prescribed for a Category N2 or N3 vehicle and a combination of a Category N2 or N3 vehicle when drawing a Category O3 or O4 trailer and when driven on –

      (i) a motorway, is 90 kilometres per hour, or

      (ii) any other public road, is 80 kilometres per hour.

The above speed limits apply on a public road except when travelling on a road where a lower road speed limit applies.

As with all speed limits, it is an offence to exceed the stated limit and enforcement is a matter for An Garda Síochána.