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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: Let us start at this point. When you speak about 50, what do you mean?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: And now you are not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I have an observation. The terms of reference of this working group will be key because they will determine the outcomes. What is needed is almost an implementation plan coming out of the working group. If it was straightforward, it would have been done. However, it involves myriad local authorities. We can take up the terms of reference of the working group. It is there and it is up and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The RSA specifically mentioned the 30 km/h default in the framework for the recommendations for the working group that was established.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I understand the need for legislation but what does Mr. Waide mean when he speaks about data? Where will the difficulties be in that regard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Could Mr. Waide give me an example?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: If we take the sharing of information between the Garda and the RSA in terms of fatalities coming through and where there may be reclassifications. The initial data from An Garda Síochána would refer to a fatality or a non-fatality, or it could be the case that it stated a person died of a heart attack and now the death is being attributed to a car crash. Can the RSA show the live...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The question is about getting an accurate figure on road fatalities. That will inform the data, which will inform policy 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: That is from the RSA to the Garda. What form would that take? Is there an example the RSA can share?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is it data protection that prevents the RSA from sharing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Obviously, there will be items coming from the Garda that would assist the RSA as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The RSA believes it may be inhibiting it having a better strategy. Would that be fair comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The RSA has 50 actions where it is looking at €18 million over five years. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is multilayered. The RSA is looking at that, and it is roughly breaking out at just over €4 million a year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We ask the RSA to give us a bit more detail so we can go forward. I call Senator Gerry Horkan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: In terms of the Love 30 group's campaign for a 30 km/h speed limit, is the working group that is being established the main vehicle to drive that change?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The working group that is being established-----
- 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 partnership board new or has it always been there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: For how long has it been up and running?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Area Speed Limits and Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The working group was established at the same time but feeds into the board.