Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Cycling Policy: Discussion

Ms Louise Williams:

I will briefly respond to Deputy Eamon Ryan's question about what is missing. Leadership and joined-up thinking are missing and everybody has made that comment. We also need to normalise cycling, and the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, has been brilliant at that. Cycling is a normal way of getting around. I BIKE Dublin invited a Senator out on a cycle and it was a powerful experience of empathy with cyclists and understanding the experiences of cyclists for that Senator. We would love to invite more people out for a gentle cycle one day.