Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 199: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress he has made in pursuing the ratification of the 1958 Geneva agreement on vehicle regulation. [32369/05]

Ivor Callely (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The 1958 UNECE agreement is concerned with the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions. By virtue of accession to the agreement by the European Community, the UNECE regulations that are binding on the European Community are binding also on Ireland. In these circumstances, it is not clear how ratification individually by Ireland would advance road safety in a practical way. I will keep the position under review.