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

This has been a very productive session and most of the areas I wished to cover have been covered. The executive summary of the Travelling in a Woman's Shoes report outlines a couple of stark statistics. A total of 36% of women feel unsafe walking in their local area at night, compared with 13% of men, a threefold difference. One in three women has been subject to physical harassment in public and, obviously, we are aware of the terrible tragedy of the Ashling Murphy case not long ago. Six in ten women, or almost two thirds of them, do not feel safe taking the bus, while 47% will choose a longer route to walk if they perceive it to be safer. I am a father of young adult daughters and I saw their reaction to the Ashling Murphy murder and tragedy. There is evidence in the report to show there is serious work to be done in respect of women's safety in the context of every level of transport, be that walking, cycling or public transport.

What is the action plan to implement what our guests have highlighted empirically in their report and in light of the various surveys Senator Boylan highlighted?

What is the action plan and timeframe for this so we as a committee can assist TII in that regard? From the findings of the report, what surprised and shocked Ms Cahill as a woman herself? She might deal with those. We have the report and those statistics are the ones I have highlighted because they give it to me in very concrete terms and are from various reports. What of the action plan and where does she see the conduit for said plan? Has TII put down any timeframes for actions? What from the survey carried out in the Travelling in a Woman’s Shoes report shocked and surprised her the most?