Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

If we could legislate for common sense among road engineers, I would be in favour of doing so. However, life is not that simple.

I welcome the Bill, which represents a first step on the road. We will return to this issue on an annual basis. As Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, I look forward to a speedy and orderly Committee Stage debate on the Bill, which I hope will be enacted and implemented by 1 July.

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