Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Deputy for his support of the decision made to create a single accident investigation unit between the air accident investigation unit of my Department, the railway accident investigation unit within the Railway Safety Commission and the Marine Casualty Investigation Board. There are no plans to have anybody other than the Garda and, where appropriate, the Health and Safety Authority investigate road traffic accidents. The accident that the Deputy adverted to was investigated fully by the Garda. It initiated a very thorough investigation which led to a court case and evidence being produced. CIE and Dublin Bus also investigated the matter very thoroughly and, as is normal in any such accident where lives have been lost, any lessons that can be learned are learned and put into practice which is the case.

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