Mr. Michael Rowland:

A number of countries across the world have implemented 30 km/h speed limits. Ireland is behind the curve here. Spain has a national default of 30 km/h for all of its urban roads that are single carriageways in each direction. Wales has made progress in its plans for a 20 mph default speed limit for all built-up areas. This is to be implemented to 2023. Scotland, in its road safety strategy, has announced that 20 mph should be the default speed limit in urban and village settings, and is creating a task force to deliver it by 2025. Brussels now has a 30 km/h limit for most roads in the city. Paris has a 30 km/h limit for most roads, with many French cities following. London already has a 20 mph limit for all of its inner-London boroughs with managed roads, and Transport for London, which manages the arterial roads, plans to increase the length of its 20 mph arterial routes from 80 km to 220 km by 2024. Likewise, measures have been introduced in US cities. As Mr. Waide has said, Scandinavian countries , and in particular Oslo and Helsinki which have these 30 km/h speed limits, have recorded zero pedestrian deaths with their 30 km/h speed limit as a key reason.