Dan Neville
Question:144 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Transport the expenditure on road safety in 2000, 2001 and 2002. [17815/02]
Written Answers. - Road Safety.
Exchequer funding for road safety agencies under the aegis of my Department is set out in the following table:
|
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
|
|
€ |
€ |
€ |
|
|
National Safety Council |
1,202,442 |
2,484,877 |
2,575,000 |
|
Medical Bureau of Road Safety |
1,565,587 |
1,771,284 |
1,728,000 |
|
National Roads Authority |
12,590,000 (Expenditure) |
14,131,000 (Expenditure) |
10,318,000 (Allocation) |
|
Total Expenditure |
15,358,029 |
18,387,161 |
14,621,000 |
In addition to Exchequer funding, the Irish Insurance Federation contributes to the National Safety Council's budget and funding is also received from sponsorship sources.
In July 2001, I made additional funding available to the Medical Bureau of Road Safety and the National Safety Council. Some €507,895 was made available to the Medical Bureau of Road Safety bringing Exchequer funding to the MBRS for 2001 to €1,771,284.
An additional €444,408 was made available to the National Safety Council for public awareness activities in the road and fire safety areas. An additional €19,046 was paid to the Irish Rider Training Association through the NSC in December 2001. This funding, together with the additional €634,869 allocated in March of 2001, brought the total Exchequer allocation to the NSC for 2001 to €2,484,877.
The foregoing excludes expenditure by the Garda on the enforcement of road traffic law; such expenditure is a matter for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.