Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge that the TII needs to have scientific and statistical data supporting its decision making process. That said, I acknowledge that perceived danger can be different from actual danger. However, I believe the process does not involve sufficient listening and greater weighting must be given to the calls of public representatives. When everyone is saying there is a problem and there are repeated calls about a problem, the data does not always support that knowledge.

On the lines of the previous invitation, if Mr. Nolan were to travel the road from Limerick to Castleisland and then on to Farranfore, he would come across a seriously dangerous junction in Farranfore village that councillor Bobby O'Connell has been constantly raising. I referred to Madam's Hill earlier, the Killarney by-pass with Lewis Road. If one heads out the Cork road, one will come to the Kilgarvan-Kenmare turn-off and local and national representatives repeatedly highlight these danger spots. The road goes to Ballyvourney and Macroom. It would be a trip worth taking as one would see a great deal in the space of an hour and half.