Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 335: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the long delay in publishing the cross-departmental review of road safety expenditure; when he first received the report; and when he intends publishing it. [8118/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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My Department chaired a steering group overseeing a cross-departmental review of road safety expenditure which examined expenditure incurred over the lifetime of the first road safety strategy, 1998-2002. This review seeks 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 consisted of representatives from the Departments of Transport, Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Health and Children, Finance and the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The committee for public management research, CPMR, was also represented to examine processes-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 in October 2005.

The report was submitted to the committee for public management research for quality assessment in October 2005. The CPMR completed the quality assessment earlier this month and both reports are being examined in the Department in advance of publication.