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 Ruairi Ó MurchúRuairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is obviously huge. I will go around the entirety of the huge piece of work that the working group would need to look at.

I am going to throw something out there that may be somewhat tangential. At this stage it is not just an issue with urban roads, it is an issue also within housing estates. Any member who was ever a councillor will know that one must go through an elongated process when looking to get speeds reduced or even get ramps installed. There is a requirement for speed tests and it needs to fit certain criteria and so on. I am not saying that the RSA wants to slow everything down so that literally there is no traffic moving, but we probably need a streamlining of that system also. Sometimes there can also be a failure at consultative level for this to occur, and people may only realise that speed limits are being reviewed after it has actually happened. Or else, it only becomes an issue when there is a fatality or near fatality.

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