Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Penalty Points System: Discussion

11:30 am

Mr. Noel Brett:

The Road Safety Authority, RSA, is particularly well-funded. Last year, it was 74% self-funding and by 2013 it will be 90% self-funding. It does not require more Exchequer funding. If there is any discussion around funding in the area of road safety, it should be first applied to protecting the level of enforcement and driving it up and then to the maintenance of regional and local roads. The RSA is well-funded and structurally sound and I thank Mr. Niall Doyle for the plug.