Road Safety Authority

Wednesday, 3 July 2024

Ceisteanna (61, 62)

Louise O'Reilly

Ceist:

61. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding that was given for the establishment of the Road Safety Authority in 2006; and the amount of funding the RSA was given in its first year, in tabular form. [28544/24]

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Louise O'Reilly

Ceist:

62. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the current and capital funding of the Road Safety Authority from 2006 to date, in tabular form. [28545/24]

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Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Transport

I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 62 together.

The information requested is being compiled by my Department and will be sent directly to the Deputy within 10 business days.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

I am writing to you follow up in relation to Parliamentary Questions 61 and 62 on 3 July 2024 with supplementary information in relation to the amount of Exchequer funding provided by the Department of Transport to the Road Safety Authority from 2006 to date. This information is set out on an annualised basis in Table 1 below.

-	Current	Capital	Total
2006	597,250		597,250
2007	28,524,920	1,000,000	29,524,920
2008	38,953,000	1,468,757	40,421,757
2009	32,641,000		32,641,000
2010	23,825,000		23,825,000
2011	12,039,000		12,039,000
2012	13,662,000		13,662,000
2013	6,223,000		6,223,000
2014			0
2015	139,000		139,000
2016	139,000		139,000
2017	139,000		139,000
2018	139,000		139,000
2019	139,000		139,000
2020	139,000		139,000

2021	719,000	719,000
2022	989,000	989,000
2023	952,000	952,000
2024	955,000	955,000

As set out in the table, the RSA has reduced its dependence on Exchequer funding since 2009. In 2014 the Authority achieved a position where it was essentially self-funded, financing its activities through customer fees for services such as driver testing and the National Car Test. For the years 2015 to 2020, Exchequer funding was solely to cover pension-related costs that the RSA inherited from the National Safety Council upon its establishment in 2006. From 2021 to date, Exchequer funding covers both these pension-related costs as well as additional costs associated with the RSA delivering its function as the national Automotive Market Surveillance Authority, an EU requirement that the RSA has been nominated to fulfil on Ireland’s behalf. I trust the above is of assistance.

Question No. 62 answered with Question No. 61.