In recent weeks, a great deal of concern has been expressed about the appalling carnage on our roads. I note the recent comments of Gay Byrne, who has done a lot of work. Along with the former Minister, Noel Dempsey, and the Road Safety Authority, he has had great success in reducing the number of deaths in road accidents over a number of years. The Government is proposing to introduce a new road traffic Bill to provide for further measures in respect of road safety. I understand from the Government's legislative document that the publication of this Bill is expected in 2015. It seems to me that the Government needs to display far greater urgency with regard to the issue of road safety. It is losing its grip and the statistics are going the wrong way. We need to beef up the resources that are available for road safety and provide for the legislative back-up that is required and has been identified by the Government in the context of this Bill. The Taoiseach might indicate when he expects the Bill in question to be published. Is there any possibility that this might happen earlier than originally predicted by the Government?

On the Deputy's last point, we expect the road traffic Bill to be published by the end of the year. It was listed for publication in 2015, but I am informed by the Minister that it will be possible to publish it before the end of this year.

Will the Government still be here?

These deaths are all unfortunate and tragic. Everybody sympathises, obviously. One does not need legislation to drive carefully. I do not blame anybody for getting involved in an unfortunate and tragic accident with those consequences. It is a matter that everybody is concerned about. Mr. Byrne has been very outspoken about matters that need to be dealt with, in his opinion. The Minister informs me that the Bill in question can be published before the end of the year.

I do not have a date for the noise nuisance Bill.

The Bill mentioned by Deputy Martin in respect of the referendum commission will be published before the end of this year. As he knows, a commission to deal with a referendum cannot be established until a Bill is published. We need to look at that. We always hear the complaint that the commission has not been set up for long enough to do its work, which is to inform the public of the actual question on which it is being asked to decide. We are looking to make the way the ballot paper is constructed and the way the question is phrased as streamlined, effective and clear as possible. Other legislative areas need to be attended to make the question clear so that the public can be very clear about what it is being asked when it is giving its answer..