Results 3,061-3,080 of 10,000 for speaker:Verona Murphy
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: Is it correct? Please, Mr. Waide. I have limited time and this is important. This is to help you.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: Has it made a recommendation of a height?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: It is an EU regulation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: I do not want to get tetchy. The issue is not just the cutting; it is the height. The problem we have with the NPWS is that there is no recommendation from the RSA that the height is not sufficient. One cut only brings it to the height of a car, two cuts possibly to the height of a tractor but three are needed for it to be over 1 m.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: It is the cost, the time off the road and the fact that whatever journey they undertake without a mirror is one of extreme danger. My point is that I have seen no recommendation from the Road Safety Authority for that to change. I have asked for it but the RSA has always said that is within the remit of the NPWS. I suggest it is within the remit of the RSA to give the NPWS the advice and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: I will read what it says on the Government website. It quotes Professor Desmond O'Neill, from the national office for traffic medicine, as stating: This change [in extending the medical to 75] is welcome in terms of recognising that older drivers are an exceptionally responsible group of drivers. In addition, the change is supported by international research indicating that routine...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: It is not relevant.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: We know medicals are provided for professionals, regardless of their age. Does it sound like he is referring to over-70s in any category?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: Where has he differentiated that? I have not read anywhere that he differentiates it in that way.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: You will submit it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: What do you mean you will clarify it with him?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: I will finish reading. It states: “The change in the age-limit is supported by a range of supports for older drivers and healthcare professionals in terms of comprehensive guidelines on medical fitness to drive”.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: That is buses. Category B is cars, tractors and what else? That applies to more than B.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: There is a lot more than A and B. There are tractors-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: There are at least six categories. Regardless of being over 70, there is no research that shows over-70s in any category are less safe than over-70s driving a car. There is no research.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: It is not personal.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: Chair, it is causing untold hardship.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: How many HGV testers do we have, and what is the waiting time for a test?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: Testers for HGV licences.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Verona Murphy: What is the average wait time?