Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am giving myself little bit more time. Whatever I give myself, I will give the same to the others who are here. We will have enough time to cover everybody.

In regard to urban matters, I cycle in and out of here more often than not, but I am also a driver. I see a large amount of not orange light breaking but red light breaking. It is almost persistent and constant at many of the junctions that I see. It seems to be normal behaviour that is a given. Blocking yellow boxes is another thing I see. This morning, I saw on the Deansgrange cycle route Twitter feed a photo of a large lorry parked across the entire width of the brand-new Deansgrange two-way cycle lane as the driver made a delivery. You would not stop a lorry in the middle of the road and start doing deliveries, but it seems to be considered acceptable by couriers, van drivers, commercial drivers and others to park in cycle lanes. How much enforcement is there? It is not about revenue generation, but the extent of red light breaking I see is endemic. If a person starts breaking one rule, such as not wearing a seat belt or using a mobile phone, he or she is more likely to do other things. If they are caught for breaking red lights or blocking yellow boxes, maybe they will get a few penalty points and will watch their penalty points a bit more. I just do not see enough of that happening. There are endless demands on the time of An Garda Síochána but driver behaviour seems to be slacking off.