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

The witnesses have dealt with some of my supplementary questions around the data. I had also gone into that idea about the co-creation of design, but there have been answers on that.

On the issue of passive surveillance, there was a significant answer around my question of the particular issues affecting those in the lower socioeconomic bracket and those from ethnic minorities.

There was reference to the whole issue of cycling and girls making a determination not to do it. There was an answer to that question with the idea of building up to short journeys earlier. A lot more people might be looking to do that given the circumstances we are currently in.

I spoke about design earlier, but it is also about the design of access. It is not just about the issue of men and women. It is also to do with people who have a disability. The point was made earlier about the need for more time to be allowed at pedestrian crossings. It just happens that this issue was brought to me this week by a constituent who is in a wheelchair. He can get halfway across a road to a stop but may not be able to make to the next part. It makes what is already a difficult journey a lot more difficult. How does the design take into account such difficulties, including for a mother with a pram and a couple of children? This would seem to be to me to be a nightmare of the situation to navigate. I believe that I have covered everything here, including three questions I never asked in the first place.