Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank all the delegates for their replies. It is grand that a sign can be put up on a motorway asking people to reduce their speed when it is raining or snowing but this cannot be done on local roads. There is no way you could put up a sign on every road. At the same time, I must say to Dr. Cusack that the topography of our roads will determine whether a person can do 80 km/h, even though he or she might be entitled to do that speed in law. The ambient speed will be determined by the topography of the road. On many of our local roads, you cannot go above third gear. That is a fact. If there are accidents on these roads, they are not serious, thankfully, but there are junctions such as that at Poulgorm Bridge, where you turn for Kilgarvan and in respect of which we have been asking for-----