Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The question I should have asked was about the entire planning process and what could be done across the board that the witnesses would have considered to enable this. We had a discussion earlier about the road network, pavement size etc. None of this is perfect. We have to build it into the planning process. Do the witnesses have a view on any of that? In fairness, Ms Swift's answer was a decent one. Near my house, there is a roundabout at a crossroads at the bottom of the Avenue Road, in Dundalk, and there are traffic lights at it. If somebody presses the button and wants to cross the road at only one point, it has an impact across the board, and from time to time there are probably accidents. Some people think pressing the button is not necessarily always the most sensible solution, and some people probably drive through red lights. I would say there is only a percentage of adherence to the pedestrian light. It is the worst of all worlds. I assume that something better than that could probably be arranged. It clogs traffic at busy times.

I accept the reason it is done. Rather than me pontificating, I ask Dr. D'Arcy to outline what else we can do?