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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: That is the number I am looking for. That is a really important point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I have been slightly shocked. I am not a vaper and have never looked at the websites to see cartoon characters and the likes of blueberry, strawberry and watermelon flavours. Somehow these had passed me by. The packages often look like little lollipop packages. I can absolutely see why these would be attractive to younger people. If we accept that somehow there is a reason to have cartoon...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (3 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: 325. To ask the Minister for Health when a centre (details supplied) in Carrigaline, County Cork was identified as a placement option for nine residents in another centre; the way this was decided; the HSE managers that made the decision; the number of residents in another centre that will be accommodated in the centre in Carrigaline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12168/22]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Thank you for accommodating me, Chairman. I am not usually in this committee but I wanted to come-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Thank you. I am a massive supporter of Love 30. It is an important campaign. I want to discuss the implementation of the design manual for urban roads and streets, DMURS, the hierarchy of the street and some of those issues, but before that I have some questions for the RSA. The conversation this morning has been very interesting, including what the witness said about sharing the road...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: The authority goes to every primary school and gives hi-vis gear to all of them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: The authority also provides schools with educational material and posters.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: The authority recently ran a competition called "Hi-Glo Silver" which asked children to draw pictures of themselves in hi-vis gear. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: It was run on Facebook. It seemed to be in every school in the country.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Was a similar competition run for SUV drivers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Is high-vis or reflective material provided to car drivers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Is that parity of esteem on the road?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Let me be explicit about the point I am making. In the design manual for urban streets and roads there is a principle set out on the hierarchy of the street, which is that vulnerable pedestrians are first, then pedestrians in general, then people such as cyclists and then we get to motorised vehicles. If we look at the operation of how we are running the country, we are placing the onus and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: We are going into their places of education and asking them to draw pictures and posters stating if they wear high-vis material, they will not be knocked down by an SUV. There is no parity of esteem on a street for a six-year-old faced with a SUV. Is this fair?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: We are spending €800,000. Would this money not be better spent on educating-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I accept that. We are spending €800,000 on high-vis material. Would it be better to spend this almost €1 million on educating drivers who are propelling large dangerous vehicles around our roads?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I take-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Sorry, with respect-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: With respect, the point is that we are victim blaming small children. To be honest, research on high-vis material and cycling is poor. Research on high-vis material and pedestrians is almost non-existent. We spend huge amounts of money with very little research behind it. The question is whether we should be spending this money on educating drivers and putting money into making our...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I will direct my next question to Love 30. It is again on the hierarchy of the street and how important Love 30 believes it is to making streets safe and making decisions on the design and maintenance over time of a street. The hierarchy sets out that vulnerable pedestrians and people with disabilities are of particular note. Is there an opportunity to include gender, for example?