Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 March 2024
503. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 25 of 28 February 2024, the number of incidents recorded by all agencies at certain intersections (details supplied) by type of incident, time of day and month, for the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [10762/24]
View answerRoad safety is a shared responsibility, and it is one which this Government takes very seriously. As the Deputy will appreciate, road safety policy falls under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Transport.
It is my understanding that Parliamentary Question No. 25 of 28 February was answered by the Minister of State at the Department of Transport.
As noted in Minister Chambers' response to the Deputy, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has a statutory remit to report on fatal, serious and minor injury collisions on public roads. This would include the areas requested by the Deputy.
The RSA is responsible for publishing official statistics sourced from information supplied by all agencies. As the Deputy will appreciate, as Minister for Justice I have no remit over the information supplied by agencies/bodies such as Transport Infrastructure Ireland to the RSA to enable them to fulfil this statutory responsibility.
The Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business, including information sharing with other Government agencies/bodies such as the RSA. As Minister, I have no role in these independent functions.
I have contacted An Garda Síochána for any operational information they may have, and I have been advised by the Garda authorities that to compile the specific information requested by the Deputy, in the format requested, would require a disproportionate expenditure of Garda time and resources.
