Pauline O'Reilly (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I apologise but my time is nearly up and I want to address the issue of the executive versus reserved functions. What people do not realise is councillors are given something by an executive. They do not just come up with a decision about which road is to have a 30 km/h speed limit and which will have an 80 km/h speed limit. One of the challenges for Galway City Council was that an entire package was delivered under which the speed limit in some areas, similar to the areas Deputy Matthews mentioned and just as residential as some housing estates, increased to 80 km/h, while in others the speed limit was reduced to 30 km/h. Quite apart from the call from Love 30 to have this as a national campaign or national function, how can we ensure at national level that councils are making proposals for councillors to vote on that are respectful of the guidelines?