Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It was mentioned by the witness for I BIKE Dublin that in regard to cycling policy and infrastructure requests it has to deal with up to 30 organisations. Is there a role for the NTA in co-ordinating and streamlining those requests?

My second question is to the witness from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and relates to enforcement of the road traffic legislation. Is the legislation open to legal challenge in respect of the interpretation of dangerous overtaking? In many cases, dangerous overtaking occurs on a 50:50 basis. I travel to Dublin via the Long Mile Road. I have noted that on parts of that road the cycle lane is 1.5 m wide and on other parts of it the cycle lane is 1 m wide. In that situation, how would a garda make a judgment in regard to dangerous overtaking? Will an assessment be made on the basis of a collision and so on? Is it possible that we could be facing many legal challenges in the Four Courts in regard to this legislation?