Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 627: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding available to the National Safety Council for 2006 and 2007. [9442/07]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The National Safety Council (NSC) was allocated in excess of €5m from the Exchequer for 2006. The Council also received funding from the Irish Insurance Federation and from private sponsorship in the estimated amount of €1.2m.

On 1 September 2006, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) under the auspices of my Department was established. Among the responsibilities assigned to the RSA were the functions of the NSC. Hence, the funding, allocated from the Exchequer to the RSA for 2007, includes the exchequer funding allocated for the transferred functions.