Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion
Ms Moyagh Murdock:
I would like to respond to that point. Obviously, we had to do the research in a short period. We do not have those kind of academic experts to hand in house. We have Ms Heffernan, who is our senior researcher, and one or two other people with a very full diary of commitments in other areas of research such as cycling and road safety. TRL is the global expert in innovative transport modes and collision analysis and data so it is the go-to body to get independent research because not everything that the RSA produces sits well with people who will say something is not independent because the RSA did it. It is important that we conduct independent research produced by experts who are respected in that area internationally, and it was not that much.
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