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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: If the figure Deputy Mac Lochlainn used is what a homeowner has in spending terms, what does that equate to in square footage in a house?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: When we throw figures around, we have to know the square footage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: We have gone through that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank the witnesses. All of the members have found the three sessions we have had today very informative and helpful. I certainly have. We are finishing quite late and I hope we are not locked in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: I also thank the representative group who are still with us. I wish everyone a safe journey back to the north west. I also thank the secretariat because they have done a fantastic job.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (14 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s plans to develop markets for Irish organic produce to match the increase in the number of farmers entering the organic farming scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38248/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (14 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to an anomaly in the school meals programme whereby newly added schools for the DEIS programme for September 2022 do not qualify for the scheme due to funding shortages; the steps that she will take to bridge this gap in funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34292/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 423. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application for a child (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39423/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: Will that include cyclists and pedestrians?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: I will take the last hour if the Chair does not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank the witnesses for attending. I echo what others have said, and thank them for the work they do in trying to improve road safety and in the context of all their other tasks. It is quite a balancing act for the Garda to deal with all the crime issues as well as to deal with road safety. I know it is a constant battle, and we appreciate all they do. In dealing with road safety, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: How many cyclists have been struck by a vehicle this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: But An Garda Síochána could provide it because it is recorded.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: Any time a cyclist ends up in hospital because of a collision or a near miss in which he or she, having taken corrective action, fell off the bike and sustained an injury, is that reported to the Garda? Where is that information held?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: Could Ms Burns tell me the different areas from where that information is pulled, such as hospitals and Garda records? Are there any other data sources?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: Is that only Garda information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: Very few of those incidents involve cyclists crashing by themselves. Some 80% of incidents are because of another vehicle or a third party.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Burns for that and apologise for interrupting, but we are on time limits and I have a lot to get through.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: I agree completely with Professor Cusack about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: It is exactly about this thing that if you cannot measure or monitor something, you cannot manage it. I also pose the same question regarding pedestrians, and not just cyclists, in the context of incidents where pedestrians were injured or had to step back because a car zoomed by them. These are all indicators that under another set of circumstances, different weather or lighting...