Nessa Cosgrove (Labour)

Thanks, Chairman. Tá fáilte isteach roimh gach duine. I thank everyone for their opening addresses. I too extend my sympathies to Ms Gray and all the members of PARC who have lost loved ones in fatal road collisions.

I have a very simply question for the Department of Transport. I was at a very stark and shocking briefing last Thursday from the Love 30 campaign. There was a demonstration outside made up of so many civil society groups and people. We heard real stories of people whose lives have been destroyed by injury to themselves or a loved one, or fatal injury to a loved one, on the road. There was a commitment under the last Government's Road Traffic Act 2024 that the default within urban areas, around schools and in housing estates would be 30 km/h. There is concern among this group there is going to be a rowing-back on this and that it is going to be issued through by-laws. I know from being a county councillor that with by-laws it is slow, cumbersome and complicated to bring through. There was a speed review expert group made up of members of the Department of Transport, the RSA and TFI, but there is a worry this is being rowed back on and I am wondering if we can get a straight answer on whether it is.