Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept that. This is one of the trickier Oireachtas meetings because members are all firing local cases at the witnesses. We respect that Mr. Walsh cannot know all the particulars. A file has gone into TII's offices and I ask that it be given the utmost attention.

More generally, the committee will shortly begin work around speed limit reductions, as flagged by the Government last autumn. It is not ideal but there are only a few of these really awful motorway junctions in the country and, on an interim basis until we have something designed to replace them, TII needs to be open to speed limit reductions. It is contrary to what a motorway is but it has happened in Athlone and if that example has worked and made a section of roadway safer, then at junction 13 and a few others I could probably count on one hand where there have been multiple or fatal accidents, something needs to be done speed limit-wise before we get to the long-term solution.