To ask the Minister of the Environment, in light of budgetary pressures, what contingency measures are in place to ensure that the road safety strategy in his Department is not negatively impacted.

As part of the Draft Budget consultation process, information on the implications of the Executive’s Budget proposals for my Department was published on 27 November 2014.

I should however emphasise that, while my Department has lead responsibility for co-coordinating a strategic approach to road safety, implementation of the measures contained in the Road Safety Strategy fall to a number of departments and agencies working in partnership, The implementation process is monitored by a Strategy Delivery Board, which comprises representatives from all of those road safety partner organisations, including the Department for Regional Development, Department of Education, PSNI, the NI Fire and Rescue Service and the NI Ambulance Service. Once the final Budget for 2015/16 is in place, decisions on implications for the Road Safety Strategy will be informed by the resources made available to all the members of the Delivery Board and their respective priorities. For my own department, I will similarly consider how to best deliver the strategy within the constraints of the resources available to me.