Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion

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

We have to ask the question because it is quite extraordinary that we had the same figure, eight fatalities, on both the 2019 bank holiday weekend and this year's bank holiday weekend. There were also 13 serious injuries this year - and thank God nobody else was killed - and 20 serious injuries in 2019. For the public, the educational message is there. What further deterrents can An Garda Síochána bring to the table in terms of traffic policing that will let people know? The number of 2,600 speeding detections is a phenomenal number with 69-----

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