Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We will do a body of work on that and we will feed into it. The next step is on a practical level. Typically, people in a particular estate or road want to get a speed limit reduced not increased. Typically, the local authority only reviews that every three years or so. In the other countries Mr. Rowland mentioned, who sets the speed limits? They are moving towards a default speed limit of 30 km/h in urban areas. Were they historically set by the local authorities or a national authority like the RSA? Who sets them and has it evolved over time?