Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 477: To ask the Minister for Transport his position in relation to answering parliamentary questions which relate to road safety and the Road Safety Authority; the reason he has sought to refer such parliamentary questions to the authority and is not in a position to directly provide answers on such questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38991/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Establishment Day) Order 2006 (S.I. No 462 of 2006) established the Road Safety Authority (RSA) with effect from the 1st September 2006. Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 477 of 2006) a number of functions relating to road safety such as driver testing, vehicle testing and standards, delivery of the driver theory test, were transferred from my Department to the Road Safety Authority.

Where questions relate to matters which are the responsibility of the RSA it is more appropriate that such questions are directed to the RSA.