Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the delegation and also their clarification on a number of matters. Preventive methods and learning from procedures is what is important. Deputy O'Donovan referred to the additional warning signs, the changing of speed limits, the necessary road surface improvements and the elimination of bends, particularly on some minor and regional roads that are accident black spots. The level of co-ordination among the National Roads Authority, the Road Safety Authority, the Garda and the local authorities must be addressed at an early stage. The accident black spots throughout the country have been identified but what progress has been made in meeting the requirement to eliminate the dangers on those sections? I am aware that near Milltown, in the centre of County Kerry, action has been taken in the past six months as a result of numerous incidents, including cars skidding off the road, on which there was good liaison among the local authorities, the Garda, the Road Safety Authority and the National Roads Authority. We need more of that because prevention is the answer to these problems. Such liaison will not remove all the risks or reduce the number of fatalities but it will assist greatly in that regard. I wish the witnesses well in their endeavours.