Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Enforcement of Road Traffic Offences: Discussion

Mr. Peter Collins:

I refer to the points raised about reporting of issues or infractions to the Garda and what the Garda representative said earlier about data-driven resources and decisions. As a person who cycles and walks around the city, you get frustrated reporting sometimes, as reports fall on deaf ears, you feel like you are wasting your time or things takes a long time to happen. Dublin Bus said there were 68 recorded incidents involving cyclists in 2022. If cyclists reported some of the incidents, that number would increase tenfold or a hundredfold.