Road Safety Authority must seek 'specific approval' for future campaigns

Calls to reform the RSA have gathered pace in recent years, as the number of fatal crashes on Irish roads rose sharply.

The Road Safety Authority will have to seek “specific approval” from a Department of Transport-chaired group for its future campaigns, as the Government presses ahead with plans to reform the agency.

In a letter to RSA chief executive Sam Waide earlier this week, a senior department figure told him a ministerial order had been signed to give effect to the changes to the agency.