Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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On that topic, I would be less worried about councillors varying the speed limit down and more worried about them varying it up. I suspect that will be the more problematic issue.

The basic metric in front of us is fatalities on the roads. That is a very important metric and one that we want to drive down. We have seen the number of fatalities decrease from 365 in 2006 to 181 last year, so there have been some losses and gains. What about collisions? I do not have a sense of the number of collisions on the roads. Is the reduction in fatalities due to a reduction in the number of collisions or an improvement in care safety over time? Has there been a reduction in collisions commensurate with the reduction in the number of fatalities or does better car safety mask a lack of progress?