Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority

9:30 am

Mr. Liam Duggan:

We do not take prosecutions in terms of roadworthiness. The Garda has that remit. It is something we will have in the future. The Minister signed new regulations recently which will allow us detain, immobilise and remove vehicles from the road. That is a significant new power we will have and we are preparing the system changes and arranging the training of our people in that. It is hoped that in 2019 we will be able to initiate our own prosecutions in that regard but at the moment-----

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