Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 June 2026
195. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the number of safety cameras that will be installed per year as part of the National Safety Camera Strategy; where they will be located; if this has not been determined, to outline the reasons; and a timeline for publication. [45500/26]
View answerEnforcement of road traffic offences, such as speeding, is the primary responsibility of An Garda Síochána. This includes enforcement of speeding laws through the use of cameras.
To assist An Garda Siochána in these activities I published the National Safety Camera Strategy on 29 April. The Strategy aligns with Programme for Government Commitments to expand the use of safety cameras across the road network and also delivers on part one of Action 6 of the Government’s Road Safety Strategy Phase 2 Action Plan.
The Strategy provides the framework for the 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. It focuses on speeding, red light running, and bus lane infringements, with flexibility for the enforcement of other types of offence in future.
A partnership approach will be adopted for deployment and enforcement between An Garda Síochána, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and the National Transport Authority (NTA). The strategy proposes that TII takes responsibility for the management of fixed and average speed cameras, in partnership with An Garda Síochána, who will continue to be responsible for the enforcement of camera-detected speed offences. The NTA will assume the primary responsibility - both management and enforcement functions - for urban traffic management offences. This will provide an effective structure through which the most progress can be made on the deployment of road safety camera systems in the near-term and was developed by an inter-agency working group led by TII.
A Camera Enforcement Oversight Group (CEOG) has been established to deliver the strategy, chaired by Anne Shaw, the CEO of the National Transport Authority and comprising senior leaders from AGS, NTA, TII, RSA, the Courts Service and the Local Authority sector. The inaugural meeting of the Group took place on 16 June. This Group will report to the Road Safety Leadership Group on its progress.
It should be noted that camera enforcement has been increasing. Since late 2024, An Garda Síochána with the assistance of TII and local authorities has installed three additional average speed camera zones and nine static camera locations. This means that there are now five average safety cameras and nine static safety cameras in operation across the network. This compliments 9,000 hours of AGS GoSafe monitoring carried out on our roads each month.
