Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the interdepartmental review of road safety expenditure; when this review commenced and when it was completed; the recommendations that arose for his Department; and the actions he intends taking to meet implementation of these recommendations. [32347/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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My Department was represented on a steering committee overseeing a cross-departmental review of road safety expenditure which examined expenditure incurred over the lifetime of the first road safety strategy, from 1998 to 2002. This review sought to evaluate the effectiveness of all public spending on road safety and to establish the impact of road safety performance on other areas such as health and emergency services.

The steering committee was established and chaired by the Department of Transport and consisted of representatives from the Departments of Transport, Health and Children, Finance and the Environment and Heritage and Local Government in addition to my Department. The committee for public management research was also represented in order to examine processes and outcomes of the review for future cross-departmental reviews and to provide general expert assistance. The steering group commenced the review in mid-2003 and the consultants engaged to carry out an analysis of identified expenditure submitted their final report earlier this year. The report was submitted to the committee for public management research for quality assessment before publication.