Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I could go on and on but I want to allow other members of the committee in too. Hopefully we will get a second round in before we are finished. I want to thank everyone for all they are doing. I hope people are watching. We will all do our best to communicate to our communities and the people we know the significant risk factors. There was a reference in Mr. Waide’s briefing document to the cost of a fatality. You can never bring back the person but, in financial costs, it is something like €3.6 million. We want those people to be alive. We want those families to have their loved ones for all their natural lives but equally there is a big cost every time this happens. That money could be used much more wisely in other ways. It is really sad. Any road death is one too many.