Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I have one final point. I note the continued funding for the Road Safety Authority. When its representatives appeared before the committee, we raised the issue that parking on footpaths blocks them and creates difficulties for people with mobility issues, children or people pushing buggies etc. Another safety issue I would like the Road Safety Authority to address is the idling of cars outside schools - I am pleased there is funding for the authority. That may allow the authority to pursue an education campaign on this and the difficulty it creates in air quality and particulate matter, especially for the vulnerable young lungs of our children as they go into school. It would be an education campaign to let motorists know of the danger created when car engines are left idling outside a school.