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:
Yes. RSA vehicle inspectors do not have powers to stop vehicles and, consequently, we rely on An Garda Síochána to assist us. It is very co-operative. We agree a detailed plan with An Garda Síochána at the beginning of each year, setting out a schedule of inspections to be carried out over the course of the year for all commercial vehicle types, including buses, trucks and large trailers. As Ms Murdock and I mentioned in our earlier remarks, An Garda Síochána takes charge of prosecutions. It is something we should be able to do next year.
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