Ms Rachel Cahill:

I can speak only from TII's perspective and what we are doing. The gender lens we developed was for TII public transport projects but it is equally relevant to all transport infrastructure, including cycling and active travel. On the national cycling network plan, TII is developing that so gender and the gender lens is part of that in addition to looking at international best practice and what is happening elsewhere, our research with women and cycling will certainly feed into that national cycling network plan.

On the Government's road safety strategy I really cannot say. Obviously we are very involved in the development of that strategy in areas where TII can take the lead and we have a number of lead actions in that strategy. As to whether a gender lens is applied I am afraid I just cannot answer that.

On the Department and the DMURS, there is a huge engagement and collaboration between the Department, the NTA and TII on the co-ordination and the integration of cycling manuals, DMURS or TII's standards. I guess because this is part of the wider topic of sustainable mobility and the Department's sustainable mobility policy, which is due to be published at the end of this month, I would expect to see more reference to the gender lens in this area also.