Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I take the point that An Garda Síochána does not just want people to send in a photograph. They need to complete the proper paperwork. Would they support an online portal whereby people can upload this information, such as the photographs they take of infringements, the dashcam footage and helmet cam footage that cyclists wear? This would even provide an indicator. It would not be for taking a prosecution on it. If An Garda Síochána is getting 30 reports on the Dublin Road on a bend, for example, that that is where cyclists are having clips, side swipes or potential side swipes of cyclists, then it will then know that this is a hot spot. The local authority will then know that it has to do something there. An Garda Síochána should be using them as indicators rather than as evidence for taking a prosecution. I know that prosecutions can be important. However, when we deal with the indicators, we know that there is a problem here. Would An Garda Síochána support that type of citizen engagement and citizen reporting that is not for prosecution but purely as a-----