John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will begin proceedings to transpose European Union Directive 2008/96/EC on Road Safety Infrastructure Management; if he will extend the scope of the proposal to all roads not just the TERN system; if a new independent body will be created to carry out the tasks laid down in the directive or if an existing body will be given the tasks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3364/09]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The deadline for the transposition of this Directive is the end of 2010. My Department will begin work on transposing the Directive this year. My Department has worked closely with the National Roads Authority in ensuring Ireland's position was fully represented during the negotiation stage.

I am assured by the NRA that they already have an independently audited road infrastructure safety management system in place which applies to all national roads and which will comply with the Directive once it has been transposed. This system is already in place and is implemented at the design stage of all major road development or improvement projects.