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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: There are three driver test centres in County Laois. Where are they?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Are they in RSA buildings?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: I ask Mr. Walsh to do so. Will the RSA also come back to the committee with information on what was spent renting hotels? It is curious that hotels are being used as test centres.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: It is on a short-term basis and I understand that. Will the RSA come back to the committee with information on how much it has spent on it last year, how many hotels were rented and where are they. I have a specific question on Graiguecullen, which is on the Carlow side of Laois. How many test centres are there between Graiguecullen and Carlow town and where are they?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: I ask Mr. Walsh to do so, please. Phase 1 of an RSA road safety strategy was launched in 2021 with a projected investment of €3.8 million. I presume some of that is for road safety measures. Perhaps Dr. Walsh from the Department might be able to help me with this. There is very scant information on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Does some of it cover physical works?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: I thank Dr. Walsh for helping with this. How far into it are we? What period of time is the €3.8 million to cover?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Three years.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: I ask the RSA to come back with a brief update on this. I also ask the witnesses to come back to the committee on the buildings. Who owns buildings used by the RSA? Is it the OPW or the RSA?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: I thank the RSA and departmental officials for their clarification that the AILG will be notified of speed limits and the cathaoirleach of each county council will also be notified.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: I ask members to stick to the time. Each will have three minutes, with Deputy Catherine Murphy first.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: The point is well made that there is a sense of urgency about this. It is very frustrating that local authorities tasked with the job of making the roads safe cannot get their hands on basic information. Who has a complaint about that? What happened? How was that stopped? It was not me at the time. Why do the local authorities not get the data?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Was a complaint made?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: It sounds like it is not Dr. Walsh's fault, but there is an awful rigmarole just for a piece of information to be transferred and used. We are tied up in knots.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: That is welcome. I understand it is not the RSA's fault that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: The point being made continuously here this morning is that this needs to be accelerated. I thank Dr. Walsh.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Damien English: I have two questions, one related to the frustrations the RSA has with technology. Do stakeholders such as insurance companies engage with the RSA and play their part in trying to introduce positive changes? I am aware they did in the past. Does the relationship still exist? The question of busy spots is a bit like that concerning the sharing of data with local authorities. Frequently,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Damien English: Has the RSA a role in that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Damien English: It was on insurance companies.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: I will let you in-----