John Cummins (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and I will take his points back to the Minister, Deputy O'Brien. It is important to say the Government is committed to further increasing the number of safe crossing locations for pedestrians and vulnerable road users. We need to provide additional options that are not reliant on those connections because of the capacity constraints and the construction time and ongoing operational costs. I hear the Deputy's point about the solar element of this. There are now two options over and above the flashing beacon. I will reiterate that it is not that we will not have any flashing beacon areas into the future. It is important to highlight that. Of course these matters are always kept under review and if further guidance needs to be issued to the local authorities in that regard, that is something we can both take up with the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, together.

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