Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)

A bit of nudging is fine but this is a decision that went through the Government. It was decided to go with the 30 km/h default limit. That has been put in legislation. With respect, I do not think it is a matter of nudging. It should be implemented. For want of the discussion that is needed to find an appropriate definition, I do not think it is acceptable that that is the crux between whether what has been put into law is actually implemented or not.

If I could ask colleagues from the Department another question, when the RSA was last here, we discussed the barrier to the sharing of data between the RSA and local authorities concerning crashes. I thank the RSA for writing to me subsequently. Could I get an update on the national vehicle and driver file, NVDF, Bill, which I understand will address this? I understand the Department must engage with the Data Protection Commission about the proposed legislation because the data is considered personal data. Has that engagement taken place? What is the view of the Data Protection Commission on that data? When will the national vehicle and driver file Bill come before the Cabinet for approval and when will we see it on Second Stage? When the RSA wrote to me over the summer, it said it would be the autumn. It is mid-October now and we have not seen sight nor sound of it. It suggested it would be passed by the end of the year. That is very optimistic at this stage. Will the witnesses give me a sense of when they expect to see it in the Dáil?