Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

The purpose of section 43, based on provisions in section 19 of the Roads Act 1993, is to ensure no one can seek to claim damages from, inter alia, the authority or a subsidiary of the authority in circumstances where the authority or its subsidiary fails to conform or comply with its statutory functions. In other words, we are ensuring that no one can take any action against the authority or its subsidiary for something it did not do. It is important to recognise there will be no bar on anyone taking an action regarding alleged damage arising from the exercise by the authority, or a subsidiary, of its statutory functions. That is the situation.