Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)

No, it is not. It goes far beyond that. In fact, the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 refers to, “the promotion of public awareness of road safety and of measures, including the advancement of education, relating to the promotion of the safe use of roads, including co-operation with local authorities and other persons in this regard”. Its remit should include that. I am gobsmacked that the RSA does not have a road safety engineer on staff.

I have a short time and I have many questions, some of which hopefully I will get to on a second round. I wish to return to this idea of where we place blame. In 2022, 394,350 hi-vis materials were distributed. What was the cost for that? What was the cost for close to 400,000 hi-vis pieces?