Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Let me be explicit about the point I am making. In the design manual for urban streets and roads there is a principle set out on the hierarchy of the street, which is that vulnerable pedestrians are first, then pedestrians in general, then people such as cyclists and then we get to motorised vehicles. If we look at the operation of how we are running the country, we are placing the onus and responsibility for safety on small children whom we are asking to wear high-vis material. Is this a fair reflection of what is happening?