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Friday 20 July 2012 Written Answers Council 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Ballymena 1 4 5 9 5 Ballymoney 0 0 0 1 0 Banbridge 4 1 8 6 3 Belfast 51 21 53 39 21 Carrickfergus 0 2 1 3 0 Castlereagh 37 19 19 38 23 Coleraine 1 0 1 0 0 Cookstown 0 0 2 0 0 Craigavon 5 6 7 10 13 * Derry N/R 11* 7* 2* 7* Down 4 4 3 6 1 Dungannon 3 4 3 8 1 Fermanagh 8 2 0 6 0 Larne 11 5 3 3 5 Limavady 3 5 1 9 2 Lisburn 45 19 12 28 17 Magherafelt 1 5 2 0 0 Moyle 1 0 0 4 0 Newry & Mourne 11 7 2 1 5 Newtownabbey 2 3 10 3 5 North Down 25 36 23 39 9 Omagh 0 3 2 1 1 Strabane 7 3 8 12 4 Total 259 193 215 263 134 N/R - Not received in time * - Financial year Greenhouse Gas Emission and EU Climate Protection Targets Ms Ruane asked the Minister of the Environment what action his Department has taken, with the North/South Ministerial Council, in relation to greenhouse gas emission and EU climate protection targets. (AQW 13054/11-15) Mr Attwood: The issue of climate change must be faced up to, including through a dedicated and robust NI Climate Bill. I also work closely with Dublin, inter alia on used tyres, waste, management of water, smoky coal, clean beaches, turf cutting, reuse of plastics (etc) all of which impact on emissions and climate protection. As members of EU, we also share climate/emission goals. WA 526
Friday 20 July 2012 Written Answers Outside of the NSMC my officials continue to engage with their counterparts in the south on both climate change mitigation and adaptation issues and officials from the south are invited to attend all key stakeholder events. The forthcoming Irish Presidency of the EU has recently resulted in a request for secondees from the NICS to work for the Presidency in the area of climate change and this presents a further potential opportunity for North/South co-operation. Moreover, if renewable is the biggest environmental and economic opportunity the island has – and I believe it is – the greater cohesion of energy policy, renewable industry, integrated supply opportunities there is, the better for the island and its people. Cyclist Road Deaths Miss M McIlveen asked the Minister of the Environment what research his Department has carried out, or commissioned, to address the causes of cyclist road deaths. (AQW 13080/11-15) Mr Attwood: The Road Safety Strategy outlines key challenges to be addressed over the period up to 2020 and contains a commitment to continuously explore road safety issues and develop new ways to keep people safe on our roads. To this end the Department has established a road safety research programme, involving road safety partners, to help identify emerging trends and provide a sound knowledge base for developing future policies. The programme, which is reviewed annually, includes ongoing statistical analysis, projects carried out by partner organisations and assignments commissioned by DOE. The Department maintains a problem profile, first produced as part of the development of the Road Safety Strategy, which uses detailed trend data to explore key road safety issues. The most recent paper, based on 2006-2010 data, indicates that cyclists accounted for 5 of the 516 people killed and 170 of the 5,225 people seriously injured over that period. This equates to 3% of all fatal and serious road traffic casualties. The cyclist was responsible for the casualty in 39% of those cases. The most common cause of cyclist deaths and serious injuries, where the cyclist was deemed responsible, was inattention or attention diverted, the principal causation factor in 33% of those casualties. Overtaking on the offside without care was the largest principal causation factor in collisions where the driver was responsible (16%). In 2011, there were two cyclist fatalities compared with none in 2010 and 2009. Cyclists accounted for 47 serious injuries in 2011 compared with 49 in 2010 and 32 in 2009. At the time of writing, there have been no cyclist deaths this year, compared with one at this point in 2011 and none in 2010. Cyclists are a vulnerable road user group and the Road Safety Strategy contains a number of action measures that relate specifically to cyclists’ safety. The Department monitors progress towards the casualty reduction targets set out in the Road Safety Strategy. It also tracks performance indicators, including monitoring cyclist casualty rates and perceptions of the safety of cycling. This will improve our understanding of road casualty trends and help us target interventions more effectively. Monitoring of targets and performance indicators will be published as part of a Road Safety Strategy Annual Report, the first of which is planned for publication by the end of the year. The Department recently undertook a review of Road Safety Education Services and resources to ensure that they appropriately address today’s road safety issues. This review recommended that the Cycling Proficiency Scheme offered by the DOE’s Road Safety Education Officer Service be evaluated to assess the benefits and impact of the programme, including a review of the content of the course and methods of delivery to ensure these are up to date and fit for purpose. WA 527
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