Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 413: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 409 of 14 June 2005, his views on whether the work on the section on which the accident took place could not possibly have been completed in that a permanent surface still needed to be applied and the application of these lines to the road were clearly premature in that they were meant to be applied after the job was completed, which it clearly was not; his further views on whether, in view of the foregoing, the HSA should investigate the circumstances of this accident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22055/05]

Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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The statutory remit of the Health and Safety Authority is confined to the investigation of accidents in places of work. Issues such as whether or not road surfaces laid down in road works are left in a safe state fall outside occupational safety and health legislation and the functions of the Health and Safety Authority. As I stated in the reply to the Parliamentary Question No. 409 on 14 June, in the specific case of the Mayo accident, the Health and Safety Authority wrote to the primary family in question and explained why it was not carrying out an investigation. The primary responsibility for investigating accidents which occur on public roads lies with the Garda.