Greens reject link between road deaths and lack of investment 

TII warned that failure to invest could lead to 77 extra deaths in the next five years. Picture: Dan Linehan

A Green Party minister has rejected the idea that an increase in road deaths is linked to a lack of investment in roads.

Roderic O'Gorman was reacting to a report that Transport Minister Eamon Ryan was warned by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) that a failure to properly invest in projects could lead to 77 additional deaths and 381 serious injuries over the next five years.