Professor Denis Cusack:

I support that, medically. I understand Deputy Lowry's question about 30 km/h zones. I was on the Continent last week, where I have seen it. Without going into the medical details, there is a considerable difference in injuries between a car impacting somebody at 15 km/h, 30 km/h or 45 km/h, especially with children. It is a very good way of reasoning it. Sometimes, sadly, we forget about the number of serious injuries, which can be five times the number of people killed. One only has to go to the National Rehabilitation Hospital on Rochestown Avenue to see young lives - perhaps it would be an understatement to say "blighted" - destroyed by paralysis. I support, from a medical point of view, trying to reduce speed to prevent serious injuries.