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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: What happens when they are seized? Can the owners get them back? Are they crushed or sold on the open market? What happens to a seized vehicle?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Will the witnesses give the committee details - maybe not now - of what was seized, what happened to them ultimately and why they were seized. That would be useful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Or to have no driver licence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Harris for that. It is important to reiterate that many fatalities and crashes involve two-car collisions. One driver may not be at fault in any way and is the victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time and there was another driver who was misbehaving. Of course, road conditions are also a factor and there are other reasons crashes happen. We are not saying that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Not to wear a seat belt is a choice, too. I believe the figure we got is that 25% of fatalities were not wearing a seat belt. That is not that 25% of drivers are wearing seatbelts; it is 25% of fatalities. That is a staggering statistic. I will not take up any more time for now as I am conscious we have other members to come in. If there is a chance, I will come back in. I could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Deputy Smith. Deputy Kenny is our next contributor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Commissioner and Deputy Lowry. Deputy Crowe can go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: It must be road safety-related.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Is it road safety-related?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Do not worry, I will give extra time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I ask that Deputy Kenny take the Chair briefly because I must go to the Seanad for a vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Deputy O'Rourke. Everyone has spoken, so I will come back in for a second round if that is okay. I believe all the others will do that as well. It is really just to touch on points that might not have been mentioned earlier. I had to go and vote in the Seanad, so if I speak about anything that was already covered, the witnesses might let me know. There was a major issue with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Does that involve penalty points as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Technically, there is nothing to stop people gaming the system in terms of booking an appointment and then deferring it, rebooking it and so on in order to have the bit of paper that says the test will be done. They probably have to pay the €55 if they do it online.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: Equally, if they know the car is going to fail, they do not want to spend the money on making it safe. I have more of an issue with the people who persistently do not go and whose NCT is a long time out of date, and they just kind of ignore it. There seems to be quite a large volume of vehicles in the NCT database that have never been tested or have been tested a very long time ago. Maybe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Gerry Horkan: It is not the only issue but it is part of the-----