Development of transport policy and infrastructure

What this means

• The Department of Transport is an Irish government department responsible for setting national policy across land, sea and air transport.[source]
• Its remit covers overseeing investment in roads and public transport, meaning it shapes how public money is spent on getting people around Ireland.[source]
• The department is also responsible for transport safety and sustainability, affecting the rules and standards that keep passengers and the public safe.[source]
• Its authority is grounded in the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, the law that formally establishes government departments and their powers in Ireland.[source]
• Currently no implementing commitments are recorded against this mandate, which is relevant for tracking whether policy goals are being turned into concrete actions.[source]

Direct impact (1)

• duty held by body
  Department of TransportBody

Indirect impact (6)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• duty held by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-transport
  Road traffic regulation and road safetyMandate
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-transport
  Commence construction of MetroLinkCommitment
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-transport
  Act on the All-Island Strategic Rail ReviewCommitment
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-transport
  Continue upgrading the public bus fleetCommitment
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister for Transport2-hop via dept-transport
  Darragh O'BrienOfficeholder
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Transport2-hop via dept-transport
  Seán CanneyOfficeholder