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Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I am curious about that. It is not an important point but I know that, for example, in the GAA the people who made the decision about the suspension of a person do not sit on the appeals board. Is that the process here?

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

Jerry Buttimer: I will defer to others because I was late.

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

Jerry Buttimer: I apologise.

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

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Chairman say that again?

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

Jerry Buttimer: I apologise to our guests for being in and out of the meeting. I thank them for their work. Today is an important day because, as the Assistant Commissioner said, it is about people. We have seen a lot of commentary about the upsurge in road deaths. It is people to whom that is happening. That is what we are about. The comparable figures to this year are those for 2019 rather than...

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

Jerry Buttimer: My next question is in the context of Professor Curran's piece around Health Research Board Ireland and the finding that cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug, followed by stimulants such as ecstasy and cocaine. That is another conversation. The RSA had a very good advertising campaign. Has it given any consideration to pursuing an advertising campaign along those lines?

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

Jerry Buttimer: Okay.

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

Jerry Buttimer: Excellent.

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

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Farrell. I compliment the RSA. Its advertising campaigns have been very effective and it should be commended on that. I have a question for the assistant commissioner in the context of Deputy Lowry's intervention earlier, to which I think Superintendent Murphy replied. The Deputy made a very positive suggestion about meeting young people immediately after a night out,...

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

Jerry Buttimer: Okay.

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

Jerry Buttimer: I will give the assistant commissioner an example. Nine times out of ten I could leave here and drive out almost to Avoca in CityWest and there will be a speed van in a particular location. I could nearly bet my life on it. There is a reason I am asking the question. I am aware it is about analysis, but I would like to hear the analysis that informs what the Garda does. I can tell our...

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

Jerry Buttimer: Yes.

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

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that now, to be fair.

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

Jerry Buttimer: You should check.

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

Jerry Buttimer: Okay.

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

Jerry Buttimer: Did they pass its vans at different speeds?

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

Jerry Buttimer: I will ask a question, out of curiosity, and it is fine if Superintendent O'Reardon does not have the data to respond. Does he have a figure for the number of people who are breaking the speed limit in a 120 km/h zone?

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

Jerry Buttimer: How many people were detected in the other zones?

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

Jerry Buttimer: I thank and applaud the members of the Garda National Roads Policing Bureau for the work they do every day. My questions were not a criticism. To be fair to members of An Garda Síochána, during Covid they were out on the checkpoints doing a job that many people did not want them to be there for. We should thank them today. I have, unfortunately, had to meet members of An Garda...

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

Jerry Buttimer: To take up Senator Craughwell's point, one could be travelling at 100 km/h before coming to a 60 km/h limit at Lissard in Cork. Is there a thought process around going from 100 km/h in a graded way to 80 km/h and then a speed appropriate to a village like Lissard? It is a fair point.