Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will estimate the average vehicle speed on Irish roads; if he will estimate the average vehicle speed on a county basis; if he is planning initiatives to tackle the problem of speeding on Irish roads; if he has issued any directive or instruction to the Road Safety Authority regarding excessive and dangerous speeding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3391/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The most recent published data on vehicle speeds on Irish roads is contained in the 2005 Survey of Free Speeds (Urban and Rural) published by the National Roads Authority. The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is now responsible for the conduct of these surveys, since its establishment in September 2006, and I understand that it intends to publish the results of the 2006 survey shortly.

One of the actions in the Road Safety Strategy 2007 – 2012, which was launched in October last year, is for the RSA to review and expand the national speed survey on Irish roads and to publish the results annually on a national basis. Enforcement of speed limits is a matter for the Garda Síochána. The strategy also contains a range of actions designed to tackle excessive speeding.

I have not issued any directive or instruction to the RSA on the matter of excessive speeding.