Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 June 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of the Fixed Charge Notice System
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras
Chapter 14 - Cash Balances in the RSA
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport
1:05 pm
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I repeat that I am not referring to individuals who may lobby any agency. We are talking here about a scenario where people from within GoSafe raised very serious concerns and queries as to the standard of the equipment and its "use-worthiness". It seems people were brought before the courts for driving with excessive speed in circumstances where they had not, in fact, been doing so. It might be that this was a limited phenomenon and the system is under review. However, in view of the fact that the RSA relies on the relevant data for its work, I would have thought it would be paying quite close attention to the review.
I would have expected there to be regular contact between the Garda and the Road Safety Authority, RSA, as to the progress of that review. If the RSA is receiving data that are in any way erroneous, it has serious implications for the authority's work.
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