Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline some of the measures contained within the road safety strategy that is due to be launched later this week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14926/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I will be launching the new Road Safety Strategy at the EU Presidency Road Transport Safety Conference on Serious Injuries on the 28th March 2013 in Dublin Castle.

The aim of the Strategy, like all previous, is to save lives and prevent injuries by reducing the number and severity of road collisions.  The Strategy, while not deflecting attention from road fatalities, will concentrate to a significant extent on serious injuries caused by road collisions.

The Strategy, which covers an 8 year period from 2013 to 2020 contain 144 actions to be implemented over its lifetime.  The body responsible for each action together with a timeframe for implementation will be identified.

These actions reflect the priorities at EU level and the views put forward during the consultation process on the Strategy.  These include work related vehicle safety, medical fitness to drive, drug driving, fatigue, using mobile phones while driving, vulnerable road users, road works, emergency response and care, data analysis and evaluation and post - collision investigation.