Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 426: To ask the Minister for Transport if each local authority has developed a local road safety plan as part of its road functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5473/06]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 427: To ask the Minister for Transport the role and functions of local authority road safety officers; their work programme for 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5484/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 426 and 427 together.

The National Safety Council, in consultation with my Department, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, and the City and County Managers' Association is developing a template for road safety action plans which will be piloted in ten chosen local authority areas. The results of these pilots will inform the development of models which can subsequently be applied in all local authority areas throughout the country. This project includes an examination of the role of local authority road safety officers by the National Safety Council in consultation with relevant Departments and agencies.

It is a matter for local authorities to appoint road safety officers in their area, to develop work programmes for those officers, where necessary, and to develop road safety plans. Road safety officers and road safety plans already exist in a number of local authorities.