Topic intelligence

Transport

Rail, roads, active travel, and regional connectivity commitments.

Topic metrics

How much this issue is affecting parliamentary behaviour right now.

Weekly share

7%

Share of the seeded national briefing currently attributed to this topic.

Featured TDs

2

Members repeatedly surfacing in recent item retrieval.

Featured parties

2

Party rooms with meaningful exposure to this topic.

Briefing points

Source-linked brief points currently shaping the dossier.

Simon Harris defended the government's planning package as a delivery bill aimed at speeding strategic approvals and transport projects.

Catherine Connolly asked for timelines on a resilience plan for key regional bus connections in the west.

Linked TDs

Members currently shaping the topic’s technical language or political framing.

Medium · 0.79

Catherine Connolly TD

Independents · Galway West

Questioned transport resilience for western routes

Open dossier

High · 0.84

Simon Harris TD

Fine Gael · Wicklow

Pushed Planning and Infrastructure Bill through report stage

Open dossier

Linked parties

Party rooms with meaningful exposure to this topic.

Party

Medium · 0.77

Independents

Mixed · Independent groupings

Independents is under the most visible pressure on housing while trying to hold discipline.

Open dossier

Party

High · 0.88

Fine Gael

Government · Simon Harris

Fine Gael is under the most visible pressure on housing while trying to hold discipline.

Open dossier

Bills on this topic

Legislative files through which the topic is currently moving.

Bill

High · 0.83

Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2026

Report Stage · Fine Gael

The bill is currently at report stage with 4 recorded member votes and 2 linked activity items.

Open dossier

Evidence trail

Shared source categories informing the topic summary.

Bill stage updateParliamentary question