Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We hope to have the guidance on speed limits prepared and finalised in quarter one of next year and the legislation passed as well. That will then issue to local authorities to allow them to conduct speed limit reviews. It will be a devolved function of local authorities to implement the new default limits and operate the guidance. That will progress through 2024. I have been clear that it will take 2024 to progress this. We have truncated the timeline when compared with the previous speed limit review. That took many years to be progressed. We are trying to sequence and synchronise this in a way that actually translates into reducing speed limits.

I agree that we need to strengthen enforcement. We are working with An Garda Síochána to ensure this. The Christmas road safety campaign is being launched today. The focus is very much on enforcement and on the issue of speed. I will come back on the roads investment point in the next contribution.

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