Road Safety

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 January 2024

Tuesday, 23 January 2024

Ceisteanna (179)

Seán Crowe

Ceist:

179. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if the specialist data subgroup presented a set of recommendations and clear action plan to the Road Safety Partnership Board at their meeting of 14 November 2023; what this action plan specifically entails regarding data sharing between An Garda Síochána and the Road Safety Authority; when the Road Safety Authority will resume its statutory duty of issuing reports on road traffic collisions; and if there is a need for a legislative change to resume this important function for the benefit of road safety stakeholders and the wider public. [2708/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Transport

The Ministerial Committee on Road Safety has oversight of 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 officials from the Departments of Transport and Justice and bodies including the Road Safety Authority (RSA), An Garda Síochána, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, National Transport Authority and the Courts Service.

In 2023, three subgroups were established by the RSTPB to consider matters relating to road safety legislation, funding and data. The Data Enabler Group is chaired by the Road Safety Authority and is currently tasked with working through the issue of data sharing between road safety partners.

The chair of the Data Enabler Group provided a comprehensive update at the November RSTPB meeting on the good progress made to date on the issue of collision data sharing. The RSTPB was informed that data stakeholders are meeting monthly to maintain progress on concluding an agreement, which must be GDPR compliant. It is currently expected that an agreement on sharing of collision data can be concluded later in 2024.