Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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Question 233: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to decrease the death toll and number of people who become seriously injured on the N62 from Roscrea to Templemore, following the latest European Road Assessment Programme report which revealed that this national secondary road in north Tipperary has one of the highest number of people killed or seriously injured between 2002 and 2006 here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21223/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme element of Transport 21. As the Deputy is aware, the implementation of individual national road projects, including the maintenance of those national roads, is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Act, 1993 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned.

Specifically, Section 17(1) of the Roads Act 1993 states that it is the general duty of the NRA to 'secure the provision of a safe and efficient network of national roads'.