Patrick Nulty (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 824: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy as to whether the functions of the Road Safety Authority presently conducted by the State will remain publicly provided and will not be privatised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36342/12]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The functions of the Road Safety Authority are set out in the Road Safety Authority Act 2006. While I do not have any plans to privatise those functions, section 5 of the 2006 Act provides for the Authority, with the consent of the Minister and the agreement of the Minister for Finance, to outsource the performance of its functions. However, such outsourcing does not remove or derogate from the Authority's responsibility to me for the performance of any function so outsourced.