Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion

Photo of Steven MatthewsSteven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I take the point about delivery. We all want to deliver on this, because the sooner we make the roads safer, the fewer fatalities we are going to have. Even one fatality more would have an immeasurable impact on family and friends. I will tell a story on delivery in a minute.

First, I want to talk about why I think that we will still be here in five years’ time talking about delivery. I notice action No. 6 in the document the witnesses supplied to us, which relates to this working group. It consists of An Garda Síochána, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the County and City Management Association, CCMA, the local authorities and the National Transport Authority. It talks about 50 different groups feeding into that. Does that figure count the 31 local authorities as part of that 50, or is it one?

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