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

Gerry Horkan: That would still be 120 km/h rather than 30 km/h.

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

Gerry Horkan: Are they implementable?

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

Gerry Horkan: It is a mix of technology and policy, and whether we can get policy to follow technology or to use the new technology. I was a councillor and was the chair of the transport special policy committee in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, which is five miles wide and eight miles long and has a significant population living in a built-up urban area. I cannot count the number of times we got requests...

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

Gerry Horkan: As someone who cycles more to Leinster House than I drive, I appreciate that there is a balance to be struck. For example, we could all drive to Cork at 10 km/h but it would take us four weeks, 40 hours or whatever. No one is suggesting that. Much of the time, I see people flying past me but, when I get to the lights, I am going past them because they are in a queue of cars. I do not...

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

Gerry Horkan: Graduated penalties and so on.

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

Gerry Horkan: I thank the witnesses for their replies.

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

Gerry Horkan: They are outside town council boundaries but are very built up. Balbriggan at one stage had more people living outside the town boundary than inside it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the witnesses for coming in and putting together their presentations. We are in a bit of a vacuum in that we have not seen the full detail of the legislation but the witnesses have experience of dealing with legislation in other countries and what works and what does not work. From that experience, are there things that the witnesses consider essential that must be in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I do not know if any of the witnesses got the chance to see the previous session so I will not labour the points that were made then. We teased out a lot of them. There is a lot of unanimity, it seems, among the operators on geofencing, not riding on footpaths, power limits, speed limits and so on. I can see that this is a fast-moving technology that is being constantly upgraded. I assume...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I am glad that I have finally caused a row.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: If it is swerving unduly, it will pick up on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: The operator can slow them down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: We are interested in what Ms Hall’s thoughts are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: She is very honest, in any event.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Ms Hall very much.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Mr. Robertson has been on the go a long time at this stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the ambassador. I am not a member of this committee; it may be somewhat relevant, now that we are talking about Ryanair, that I am a member of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications. I was out the morning of the first attacks and met Ms Gerasko and the Polish ambassador at the gates. As the convenor of the Ireland-Romania interparliamentary friendship group, I had met...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: The fact that we are all here in a non-sitting week speaks volumes. I am not a member of this committee but I really wanted to be here. I know both ambassadors very well. Indeed, I acknowledge the Romanian and Polish ambassadors, who are awaiting their turns for their session shortly. While I am not a member of this committee, I am certainly a supporter. I met Mr. Zurabashvili...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: As I mentioned previously, I am not a member of this committee but I really wanted to be here today, not just as the convenor of the Ireland-Romania inter-parliamentary friendship group but also because I have met Ambassador Sochaska a number of times and I think the work that is being done by many countries in eastern Europe but particularly Poland and Romania is outstanding. It is awful...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Cathaoirleach and I thank all of our witnesses for their opening statements. I am conscious and I believe that I am right in saying that they are all volunteers in what they are doing. They are not being paid to be here and are doing it out of part of their involvement with their community. It is great to see that. While I am a Senator living and born in Dublin, I have a...