Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Chief Superintendent Hennebry mentioned that this requires behavioural change. I say to people that if they are involved in an incident, to report it to the Garda. The response I often hear is that the Garda will not do anything or that the matter will not be followed up. That is a flippant and off-the-cuff remark. am not saying that gardaí do not follow up because I know they have done so in some cases. That perception is out there, however. I encourage people at all times to report cars that are parked on footpaths, double yellow lines or in cycle lanes. How many fixed-charge notices have gardaí issued in respect of people parking in cycle lanes in the past year or two? I do not expect the witnesses to have that information off the top of their heads, but it is information I would like followed up on. When will the pulling together of complex data be completed in order that we can develop good indicators that there are road safety issues which may not be recorded in easily read statistics?