Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I did not say they did. I did not give a number. I just said that I had not received a response from you. We have clarified it.

The issue I have here is not just roads infrastructure. Visibility is also a key factor. When it comes to roads and hedging, particularly in rural Ireland, instead of Mr. Waide going to Sweden, I would rather that he comes down to the south of County Wexford, where, it would appear, we have half of the population of Dublin driving on roads that are not white-lined and where the ditches, not the hedges, have grown out by about a metre. That means the driver of the car, with no white line on the road, is a foot away from the ditch and nearly on the other side of the road. This is a primary consideration for road safety but it is not one I have seen Mr. Waide represent, or if he has, I want him to submit his representations to the committee.

I know extensive reports have gone from the IRHA, which I was party to, whereby if a truck loses its mirror, because of the regulation and despite all of the obligations of county councils on hedge cutting, they are not obliged to cut the ditches to the height of the mirror on a truck or a bus. Is that correct?