Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

Let us keep it as an all-party issue then and not make political statements about it. As the Deputy knows, we have all had this experience at various times. There will be a decline in fatalities for a number of months then there will be a sudden increase in incidents.

The Deputy is right, the three months just past were worse than the same three months last year. Overall, fatalities are down by two up to this date. There is a slight improvement but I am disappointed by the figures we have seen in the last three months. I do not have any magic wand to rewind the clock but it has been serious. We started the year well, with a significant decrease, and we are still down two fatalities overall.

It is important, particularly coming up to a bank holiday, that we get the message across again. It is a matter of enforcement.

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