Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 May 2013
50. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding that was allocated to the Road Safety Authority in 2012; the number of fatalities on our roads in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22995/13]
View answerAccording to the Revised Estimates Volume (REV) for the Public Service for 2012, published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and available on that Department's website, the funding allocated to the Road Safety Authority for 2012 was €13,885,000. The REV did not provide an allocation for capital funding for the Road Safety Authority in 2012. Provisional figures provided by the Garda National Traffic Bureau and published on the Garda Website, indicate that there were 162 fatalities on our roads in 2012.
