Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

An Garda Síochána undertakes a programme of high visibility road safety and enforcement operations which are carried out in partnership with other State agencies. I acknowledge the work of the RSA in this regard. By working together with the RSA and other agencies, An Garda Síochána will continue to confront dangerous road user behaviour through public presence, legislative enforcement and education in a partnership manner.

Road safety is a shared responsibility and one which the Government takes very seriously. Ireland's current road safety strategy, 2013 to 2020, aims to place Ireland consistently on the list of the safest countries in the EU and beyond. To achieve this, we continue to work together in partnership with all of the relevant stakeholders. I attend meetings of the ministerial committee on road safety along with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, the RSA, An Garda Síochána, the Attorney General and other agencies. This committee, which met six times last year to oversee the implementation of the road safety strategy, provides a forum for high level discussion of road safety issues. The committee is due to meet again in the coming weeks. The policing plan commits An Garda Síochána to implementing the roads policing plan for 2018 in line with the national roads strategy, working in partnership with the RSA.

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