James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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This was not an insignificant incident. Dr. Walsh is presenting this in a very calm and assured manner, but surely when the Department was told there was a possibility the Road Safety Authority could go belly-up there were alarm bells set off. Or was it just a case of shrugging shoulders and looking at the figures and the rationale? Dr. Walsh is presenting this in a very calm way but surely there was anger, annoyance or frustration. What about the level of accountability within the RSA itself? Was anyone in it held to account for putting the authority in a situation where it could go belly-up? If that happened in any other State organisation it would be a massive issue.