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Who we are

Our structure

How our organisation is structured to help deliver on our mission.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) was established in 2006 as a statutory public body under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (An tAcht Fán Údarás Um Shábháilteacht Ar Bhóithre, 2006)

The RSA is an agency of the Department of Transport and has its own non-executive board as well as its own leadership team team.

Since 2006, the role of the RSA has expanded and statutory functions have been added to our core road safety remit.

RSA Ballina HQ

Our internal structure

Our executive is structured as five core directorates. This helps us to better deliver on our road safety mandate and mission and deliver the public services and functions we are responsible for.

  • Driver Testing
  • Driver Theory Testing
  • Driver Licensing
  • Driver Training
  • NCT
  • CVRT
  • Contact Centre
  • Card Processing
  • Enforcement & Compliance
  • Demand management & capacity planning
  • Strategy
  • Data, MI Analytics & Intelligence
  • Horizon-scanning
  • Benchmarking
  • Evaluation
  • Feasibility
  • Business Planning & Performance
  • Transformation (incl. Project Mgt. & Business Analysis)
  • Op. Excellence
  • Innovation Management
  • Customer Insight
  • Channel Strategy (incl. Digital Strategy)
  • Research
  • Testing / Piloting
  • Publications
  • Development of Standards & Legislation
  • Quality assurance
  • Driver Testing Standards
  • Driver Licensing Policy & Legislation
  • Vehicle Standards (incl. Testing)
  • Emergency Driving Standards
  • Driving for Work standards
  • Medical Standards
  • ADI Accreditation
  • Partnership Development
  • Political Engagement
  • Public Awareness
  • Stakeholder Management (including Parent Department)
  • Marketing
  • Communications (including Social Media)
  • Road Safety Education
  • Content Management
  • New Income Generation
  • Strategic Workforce Planning & Delivery
  • Human Resources
  • Organisational Development
  • Learning
  • Staff Engagement & Wellbeing
  • Internal Communications
  • Recruitment
  • Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)
  • Values & Behaviours

Internal support and functions including:

  • Finance
  • Procurement & Commercial
  • Legal
  • Facilities Management
  • Health & Safety
  • Data Protection, Information Security & FOI
  • Risk Management
  • Business Continuity Planning
  • Financial Modelling

  • Technology Platforms and Solutions Strategy
  • Future Technologies
  • Infrastructure Management
  • Information Security
  • Application Lifecycle Management
  • Solutions Architecture
  • Solutions Quality Assurance (QA)
  • Service Desk
  • Data Architecture & Warehouse
  • Management of Technology supplier contracts