Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I refer to road safety and the RSA. It is on foot of a parliamentary question I asked a number of months ago about the number of offences where people were caught using their mobile phone, which had increased. It was approximately 18,000 people in 2022. In 2023, it was 19,000. In 2024, it was up to approximately 22,000. In March-April time, figures for 2025 to that date illustrate that nearly 7,000 have been caught committing that offence. If that bears fruit for the full year, it will be in the high 20,000. I regularly see people using their phones, with iPads on their laps and people playing with the different apps on fancy screens in their cars every week when I drive up to Dublin. It is quite concerning. I have no doubt it is partially responsible for the increase in the number accidents and deaths that we are having our roads. I wish to ask about additional investment. Technology has a role to play here. Will there be additional resources put into the Garda and the road traffic unit to detain people and deter them from using their phones?