Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Another issue I want to raise in this regard is the duties and functions of the road policing unit. Are there particular parts of roads that would be seen as danger areas even though there may not have been a collision, or numerous collisions, there? We are often contacted by people in communities who say there are regular near misses and issues on a particular stretch of road. When we go to the local authority, it sends us to Transport Infrastructure Ireland, which says that the stretch of road in question does not meet the criteria because there have not been enough collisions there. We should not be waiting until after a collision has taken place before we deal with these issues. A road policing unit should have foresight. Is there a role for the road policing unit to advise local authorities to deal with issues prior to collisions happening?