Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That leads me to the next question. I agree with Mr. Waide that he cannot do that. He does not have the legislative power or resources. The review is under way, but I have been arguing for the last year or so that we really need to explore the establishment of a road safety commissioner. The authority's chairperson, Liz O'Donnell, was asked by Claire Byrne on 14 March whether there would be merit in looking at the establishment of a road safety commissioner. Her response was "there is some merit in it" and that "it would be better if we had more powers to bring all those actors [in the road safety space] onto the one page". She said she "would like to see a more all-of-government approach, real commitment if we are going to reverse this trend". Would Mr. Waide like to see the establishment of a road safety commissioner with the legislative power and resources to really begin the work of making Ireland's roads safer?