Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The strategy identifies 126 specific and measurable actions and is being implemented by a number of agencies and Departments, including the Department of Transport, the Road Safety Authority and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Its core objective is to reduce the number of fatalities to no greater than 16 per million or 252 per annum, by 2012. Obviously, that is something towards which I believe we should continue to work. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and his colleague for affording me the opportunity to make a brief contribution to this debate. I look forward to listening to other contributions, to supporting the Bill when it comes back before the House and to taking an interest in the committee business.

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