Louis O'Hara (Galway East, Sinn Fein)
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335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is considering funding a pilot red-light camera initiative in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11885/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for installing a small number of red-light cameras in Dublin as part of a pilot initiative. Currently, the Department of Transport is not aware of any plans to install similar cameras in Galway, though Galway City Council has responsibility in this regard.

At a national level, in 2024, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) was appointed to lead the development of the first National Safety Camera Strategy. It is anticipated that a draft strategy will be prepared for public consultation in the coming months. In the first instance, the strategy is focused on speeding from a road safety perspective and red light running and bus lane infringement from a traffic management perspective. The strategy will be flexible to accommodate further offences over times, such as mobile phone use, motor tax evasion and non-wearing of seatbelts.

Once this strategy is in place, it will provide the framework for increased deployment of cameras across the network, in both urban and rural locations, to assist with the enforcement of a wide range of road traffic offences.

Informed by the NTA red light pilot in Dublin and the national strategy, similar red light initiatives may be rolled out to other locations in the future.