Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State about funding provided to the RSA on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42426/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The RSA has been self-financing since 2014. The RSA normally receives no Exchequer funding, other than the €139,000 provided for pension purposes. Upon inception, the RSA inherited six pensioners that transferred to the RSA on the dissolution of the National Safety Council.

In 2021, in line with its EU obligations, Ireland is in the process of establishing an Automotive Market Surveillance Authority (AMSA). This function is being conferred on the RSA and €200,000 has been allocated in Exchequer funding for this purpose.