Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 893: To ask the Minister for Transport the membership of the high level group on road safety; the number of meetings of this group held in the past three years; the way in which the activity of the group is accounted for; the way in which members are selected or appointed; the funding provided to this group in 2005 and to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2299/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The high level group on road safety, which is chaired by the Department of Transport, comprises representatives of the Departments of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Health and Children, the Garda, the National Roads Authority, the National Safety Council, the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, the County and City Managers Association and the Irish Insurance Federation. Representation is chosen from all the Departments and agencies which provide input into road safety policy generally, as the group is mandated with responsibility for the development of the road safety strategy and monitoring its delivery. The group, which has met 11 times in the last three years, does not receive funding. However, each agency and Department represented on the group which is responsible for implementing specific measures in the strategy, receives funding from within the relevant Vote to allow them to carry out the functions which come within their remit.