Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is okay, but I did not hear from the Minister of State as to when the legislation will be implemented to ensure that the capabilities of these cameras can actually be used for something that will make a big difference. We hope to tease that out further in the future.

The Minister recently informed the media that red light cameras, for motorists who run red lights, will be up and going but now we understand they will be only be deployed in two locations in Dublin. They were piloted in 2015. Again, this is due to a failure to provide a legal basis for their use. I would like to understand why we are always trying to catch up to technology rather than having the legal provisions in place to ensure it can be used properly in a way that will work. We also have a similar issue in respect of the GDPR, which is preventing the RSA from sharing collision data with local engineers and local authorities when they are planning to put safety measures in place. What progress has been made on ensuring that those two issues will be dealt with quickly? We are in an emergency situation here. We have hundreds of people being killed and injured on our roads and we need to get grips of this issue. If we do not do it, more and more families are going to be tragically affected by all of this.

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