Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is a very good point as to people having helmets and high-vis and being willing to use that kind of technology and equipment. If somebody is coming into the city centre on a scooter from Blackrock, Stillorgan or Kilmacud and they are going on a road surface, the maximum of 12 km/h seems to be very low for that kind of journey. That is, as opposed to people travelling down Dawson Street or other built-up urban environments where there are Luas trams, buses, heavy goods vehicles and deliveries and so on and such a speed would be more appropriate. A blanket maximum speed of 12 km/h seems incredibly low when we are allowing cars to drive past schools at 30 km/h or even 50 km/h in some cases. We all know the size of cars now. As others have said, a car outside a school would cause an awful lot more damage at 20 km/h or 30 km/h to anybody it hits, whatever about its user, than a scooter. That is not to say scooters should behave wrongly. Of course, they should not but I would like more evidence as to why the 12 km/h limit is good. Maybe there is evidence that it is a good idea and needs to be 12 km/h. Maybe cars should also be driving at 10 km/h or 12 km/h outside schools at school times, or 6 km/h or whatever figure is suggested. That might not be necessary at 11 p.m. on a Saturday when driving past a primary school that has been closed since Friday afternoon but perhaps that should be the case during the opening and closing of schools. Ms Tinsley is saying that some places have chosen a limit of 15 km/h and some have chosen 20 km/h but nowhere has chosen 12 km/h. Is that correct?