Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senator Dooley for his support. As he has said, we are trying to introduce a number of targeted measures in the Bill. There is a balanced approach with local authorities.

It is about having a default baseline where it is safe. Where there is a new road infrastructure that has been built out and a national secondary road, for example, they would be able to revise the limit upwards and leave it at 100 km/h, if that is what it has been at, with the upgrade. It is just to set a safer default baseline and have a more balanced approach. We know from experience they tend not to revise the speed limit downwards and there is an inconsistency around that. This just changes the position around that. I appreciate the Senator's comments on the issues.