Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. It is important to say that the road safety budget comes largely from the Road Safety Authority, which is self-funding, so that money is not seen in the budget line. The fees charged by the Road Safety Authority covers its costs and funds the education campaigns and so on. The budget line to which the Deputy referred is principally for road maintenance and new roads and that funding is lower than it was last year. That funding depends on what projects are in the pipeline. When it comes to new projects, we are doing a national development plan, NDP, review at the moment and there is potential for an increase in that regard.

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