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Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive, 7 to 10, inclusive, and 14 to 16, inclusive, are consequential on amendment No. 2. Therefore, amendments Nos. 2 to 5, inclusive, 7 to 10, inclusive, and 14 to 16, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive, in the names of Senators Boylan, Gavan, Ó Donnghaile and Warfield, cannot be moved as a result of the decision on amendment No. 2.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 7 to 10, inclusive, in the names of Senators Boylan, Gavan, Ó Donnghaile and Warfield, cannot be moved as a result of the decision on amendment No. 2.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

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

Gerry Horkan: I apologise that I was not able to be here for all of the discussion because I had another engagement. However, I read all of the briefing documents and the opening statements and I was here at the start. I watched online the RSA’s launch of the strategy back in December and its chairperson, Liz O'Donnell, is a former Deputy from my area, so I certainly fully support the work the RSA...

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

Gerry Horkan: There is a good bit there, so sorry about that.

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...