Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is the cost, the time off the road and the fact that whatever journey they undertake without a mirror is one of extreme danger. My point is that I have seen no recommendation from the Road Safety Authority for that to change. I have asked for it but the RSA has always said that is within the remit of the NPWS. I suggest it is within the remit of the RSA to give the NPWS the advice and recommendations.

We have 6,000 km of hedging in fields that the birds can nest in. Birds do not nest on the side of the road, and that is the primary reason that we are not cutting ditches on the roadside.

I have a question for Mr. Rowland. Is it his contention that Professor Desmond O'Neill is stating that those aged over 70 are not medically sound or are less medically sound than other drivers?