Ms Alison Coleman:

Just for clarity, in July 2024 we had extensive engagements with a number of parties to try to resolve this. Initially it was the RSA that was having issues with receiving and processing the data. The Minister for Transport at the time directed us under section 8 of the Road Safety Act, which allowed us to progress the data sharing agreements with An Garda Síochána and the NTA. The difficulty, as Mr. Waide has indicated, is that the LGMA does not have the requisite legislation to process the data once it is shared. The Deputy asked about the different categories of data that would warrant that and I understand it relates to personal data and concerns around people being personally identifiable. We can get that information for the Deputy and detail when exactly the issue first arose. I was aware in April 2024, when we appeared here, that it was a very live issue at that point and had been for some time. It is being addressed under the road safety transformation programme-----