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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will do a body of work on that and we will feed into it. The next step is on a practical level. Typically, people in a particular estate or road want to get a speed limit reduced not increased. Typically, the local authority only reviews that every three years or so. In the other countries Mr. Rowland mentioned, who sets the speed limits? They are moving towards a default speed limit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Have Ms Swift and Ms O'Dea looked at how other countries function?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Can we agree on the principle that there should be a default? It then becomes a question of the 30 km/h and how it is implemented. There are inconsistencies between different local authorities and even in specific areas within local authorities. The working group is operational but its terms of reference have yet to be defined. The committee will write to the Department to get the details...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: There are two elements to it. There is the point of principle that all built-up areas would have a speed limit of 30 km/h and then each local authority could then argue that an area should not be. Has Dr. D'Arcy had an opportunity to see how it is functioning in other countries? Is it implemented by the local authority or on a national basis? How does it work in practice? What model...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: We always like an exclusive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am a believer that in order to get something, there must be a structure. The structure around this is that a working group has now been established, as recommended under the RSA's new safety strategy. The terms of reference will be key. We need to look at that. Then there is membership and the outcome of the work. There is a process in play. For decades, speed limits have been a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does the RSA have serious concerns about e-scooter safety?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Are e-scooters a bottom-line issue for the RSA as an organisation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Perhaps Mr. Rowland can enlighten us on some of those recommendations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is the speed limit recommendation on the lower side?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: So, e-scooter users could use cycle lanes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is Mr. Rowland aware of any particular instances of where other countries have rowed back on recommendations in various areas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I assume the RSA is engaging with the Department on this particular issue, because the legislation is now published and Committee Stage is imminent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Obviously, the whole area of e-scooters must be on the radar of Love 30. Do Ms O'Dea and Ms Swift have a view on e-scooters in terms of safety elements and so forth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does Dr. D'Arcy have a view on the whole e-scooter debate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Going back to the witnesses from the RSA, I wish to clarify a point. We discussed the fact that the RSA has responsibility for recording data on the number of fatalities. Am I correct in saying that the RSA has a responsibility of recording the number of road fatalities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Are those statistics compiled using Garda reports?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Suicides would be another example.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: How often does the RSA get the downloads from the Garda on PULSE?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: If there is a fatality on the road, how quickly does the RSA get that data from the Garda?