Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

No. 056C is from Tony Goodwin, General Secretary, Irish Road Haulage Association, dated 09 January 2020, in regard to the Road Safety Authority. By way of background, I wish to advise members that the previous committee considered correspondence from the Irish Road Haulage Association on 13 June 2019 and it was decided to request a response from the Road Safety Authority. The response from the Road Safety Authority was considered by the committee in September 2019 and forwarded to the Irish Road Haulage Association and it was suggested that it liaise directly with the RSA on the matter.

A further item of correspondence received in November 2019 was noted. It related to the performance of the RSA in respect of functions that impact on the licensed road haulage sector. The correspondence for consideration today is a request for the committee to raise the matter again with the RSA. I had proposed that we advise the correspondent that the previous committee requested the Road Safety Authority to respond to the matters raised. At the meeting on 19 September 2019, it was agreed to forward a copy of the correspondence received from the RSA to the IRHA and it was suggested that the correspondent liaise directly with the RSA in regard to these matters.

Deputy Verona Murphy has indicated she wishes to discuss this item and I invite her to do so now.