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

We are not. I am just making the point. Of the incidents relating to the 83 fatalities, how many of the other parties involved were not fatally injured? Ms Hilman has already given me a statistic. Some 48 accidents involved single vehicles and 29 involved multiple vehicles. Of the balance of 49, how many of the collisions were not fatal. With regard to the incidents were people crashed and were killed, especially the multiple-vehicle collisions, others could have been the cause of the accident and may not have been fatally injured. We are only getting part of the picture.

What I am getting out of this discussion is that it happens across all the age groups. There is a discernible increase in fatalities among motorcyclists. The bank holiday weekend, based on 2019 and this year, is a clear crisis point. What can be done for the future, in terms of other bank holiday weekends, that is different from what was done last bank holiday weekend? Will Ms Hilman expand a little more on what An Garda Síochána will do differently and on the other policies it is going to bring in from here on?

We are looking at a situation whereby there have been 83 fatalities. Ironically, the number of fatalities this year, on the same time last year, is up 63%. The number of fatalities this year is already at 63% of the number for last year. The increase from this time last year is two thirds. Fatalities are already at two thirds of what they were last year, and we are only halfway through the year. What will be done?

Professor Cusack made reference to the fact that Ireland is the second highest in terms of drug use. I ask that he deal with that matter first. He made a reference to Ireland having the second-highest drug use among drivers. I did not quite catch what he said.