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Energy for Public lighting is generally provided on the basis of Unmetered Supplies(UMS), the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) deregulated UMS from July2005.ESB Networks are the Distribution System Operator (DSO) and Meter RegistrationSystem Operators (MRSO) under license from the CER. As part of these functionsthey register customers with suppliers and provide the data to suppliers for billing.Mayo County Council must apply to the DSO for new connections and in the futurewill have to advise them of any inventory or equipment changes. This will involvethe management of an accurate inventory.Currently Mayo County Council use ESB Customer Supply to supply the energy forour public lighting and ESB contracts to supply the maintenance and other services.Motor TaxIn this report, the year 2001 is being used as a base year as it was before BLG, beforethe opening of our Ballina and Belmullet offices and before the introduction of MotorTax Online.The number of transactions has increased to 123,421 and we are now responsible forthe collection of €19.9m.Transactions2001 2004Castlebar Castlebar Belmullet Ballina Motor TaxOn LineVehicle72,427 64,974 6,891 19,474 8,395LicencesDriver15,808 16,081 0LicencesMiscellaneous 9,560 11,975 871 3,15597,795 93,030 7,762 22,629 8,395Road Safety:In 2005, Mayo County Council appointed a full-time Road Safety Officer. Recently,in association with the Gardai and the National Safety Council, An Cathaoirleachformally launched our Road Safety Programme 2006.The County Council in conjunction with the National Safety Council operates aprogramme of education and awareness of Road Safety. This involves promoting theneed for caution and awareness of the dangers on the roads in Mayo. The Programmeincludes visits to schools by the Road Safety Officer and the promotion of JuniorWarden and Cycle Training Schemes with schools.26