Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 March 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed)

11:00 am

Mr. Michael Finn:

There is a very vigorous process which GoSafe must go through with the Garda Síochána and Superintendent O'Donohue on any sites that are chosen on which to park the vans. Not only does the location have to pass our own risk assessment in terms of whether it is safe, one has also to talk to the owner of the location where the vans are parked. One cannot go along and park in a driveway without the consent of the owner of the property. There is a pretty rigorous process in regard to the GoSafe vans.

I understand what Deputy Fitzmaurice is saying about people who had licences for many years and could drive the car and trailer and are intimidated by the whole process he described. I come from rural Ireland and I know the type of people he is talking about. I am certainly prepared to work with the Road Safety Authority to see if there is some mechanism where we can facilitate the-----

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