Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fatal road traffic collisions in each of the years from 2020 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of drivers involved per year; the number of cases of drivers in which the status of their driver licence or learner permit is unknown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58967/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána. As Minister for Justice, I have no role in such matters.

An Garda Síochána are committed to working closely with all road safety agencies to focus on high risk behaviour with the key objective of reducing the number of serious injury collisions and fatalities on our roads.

I am informed that levels of enforcement are high and involve targeted policing and awareness raising measures, including the deployment of safety cameras throughout the country with a view to preventing the commission of offences, detecting errant road users, changing the behaviour and ultimately reducing death and injuries on our roads.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of all crime statistics including the number of road deaths (fatalities) and the number of injured (casualties) on the roads in Ireland between each year.

These statistics are prepared by the Road Safety Authority following analysis of the fatality reports provided to the RSA by An Garda Síochána and are available at the link below:

www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-wbhub/well-beinginformationhub/safetyandsecurity/personskilledorinjuredonroads/

I am informed that information pertaining to the status of the driver’s license statuses is not available as a component of the driver fatality statistics.