 The "Roads Act 2007" was passed by the Oireachtas in early 2007 and signed into law to by the President of Ireland on 11 July 2007.The Act introduced powers for the Minister for Transport (on the recommendation of Transport Infrastructure Ireland) to re-designate high quality dual carriageways as motorways, following a public consultation process.It is possible that in the future a majority of HQDCs will be reclassified as motorways.