Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Mr. Waide. I will take the first slot on behalf of Senator Dooley.

We are all discussing this. It is clearly a very significant topic for this committee and for everybody in Ireland. The new Taoiseach has put a renewed focus on it in meeting you, Mr. Waide, and your chairperson within his first week in office, as you alluded to. What does the RSA need from us? You have outlined the challenges and the statistics. What else does the RSA need from the Oireachtas and the Government? The RSA is more than an advocacy body; it is the State body responsible for road safety. Yet it cannot go out on the roads with speed cameras. That is not its job. It cannot install red light cameras. That is not its job. Where are the blockages? If the RSA could do anything it wanted as regards additional road safety measures, what would it do?