Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 January 2024
200. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on actions nos. 67 and 122 from Phase 1 of the Government Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4103/24]
View answerThe Ministerial Committee on Road Safety oversees delivery of the Government's Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030. The senior official group supporting the Committee is the Road Safety Transformation Partnership Board (RSTPB), comprising representatives from the Departments of Transport and Justice and bodies including the Road Safety Authority (RSA), An Garda Síochána, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), National Transport Authority (NTA) and the Courts Service.
For Actions 67 and 122 in Phase 1 of the Road Safety Strategy, the National Transport Authority is the lead agency for both and has prepared reports on both actions. These reports have been presented to the RSTPB. The NTA work has confirmed that the current legislative framework provides a sufficient basis for the further rollout of cameras to assist with the enforcement of offences related to the BusConnects programme.
On foot of this work, TII is now leading the development of a National Camera Based Enforcement Strategy. Preliminary work has commenced and it is expected that the strategy will be concluded by the end of 2024. The purpose of this is to scale-up the operation of camera-enforcement in Ireland, beyond certain constraints in the current system.
