Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 June 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority

9:30 am

Mr. Keith Walsh:

I do not know what the lifetime of this Government is, but we will progress it as quickly as we can.

I will make a brief additional comment. The Deputy is correct in that there is concern that local authorities do not have access to full data, but local authorities continue to have access to analysis provided by the Department of Transport for locations in their localities. This year alone, a programme of work has been approved and funded for 261 projects across all local authorities for roads improvements. That is based on a combination of the Department's analysis that has been feed to local authorities and local knowledge of local authorities about what is going on in their areas. Notwithstanding the data flow issues, a lot of work is being done based on what is available.