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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding front-line workers for homeless service charities (details supplied) who worked throughout the Covid-19 pandemic; if they are being considered for the Covid recognition payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11281/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline grant schemes that are available to private homeowners on low incomes who need to extend their homes (details supplied) but who do not have the means to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11533/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (1 Mar 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 413. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the application for the foreign birth registration of a person (details supplied); and the expected timeframe in which this application will be processed. [11284/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Mar 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 729. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements that have taken place between his Department and the HSE in relation to an additional package of measures that will recognise the risks faced by certain frontline healthcare workers during the pandemic; the timeframe for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11283/22]

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank all the witnesses. I think there will be general consensus and agreement regarding the fact that we want our roads to be as safe as possible. Mr. Waide said that it is not so much about being fair to motorists when we are talking about towns. Rather it is about ensuring people are able to involve themselves in active travel. I always find that in this State, to some degree, we...

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is obviously huge. I will go around the entirety of the huge piece of work that the working group would need to look at. I am going to throw something out there that may be somewhat tangential. At this stage it is not just an issue with urban roads, it is an issue also within housing estates. Any member who was ever a councillor will know that one must go through an elongated...

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is not about the RSA having responsibility for this; it is more about whether it has been looked at. Obviously, a lot of constituents would state that it is an issue.

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The RSA representatives have spoken about the countries that have introduced the 30 km/h changes. Over a period of time has there been any element of work done in seeing whether there was an acceptance of this and what the story was in relation to enforcement? I accept that this can differ from country to country.

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Did they have to put speed vans on every corner or anything like that?

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I refer again to the example of Dundalk, where an element of this happened. Many of us who were councillors at the time had difficulties in relation to it and thought that there would be problems with clogging and so on. I am not saying that there have not been issues, but they were not the issues that we thought. It was not Armageddon.

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There is a moral argument about school gates. One can look at Louth or any other county. I will use the example of Sheelagh school in north County Louth. There have been attempts to have speed-limiting ramps or such installed, or to have the speed limit changed. The difficulty is that it is a rural road. It is along the road from a junction with a relatively major arterial route. If it...

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I understand Mr. Waide's argument that we should start from a moral point of view. This makes complete sense from the point of view of children's safety. We could just make it happen and work with the current rules. It means that parents and schools will not have obstacles thrown in their way. I realise that my questions were all for Mr. Waide. Do any other witnesses wish to speak?

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Cultural transformation is possible, which is the big thing here. Active travel will allow for a greater amount of public transport. We can also deal with the issue of e-scooters, e-bikes etc. I noticed commentary online a second ago. When I spoke about the time-limited speed limits around schools, I was speaking as a devil's advocate. Sometimes, planners do not necessarily want limits...

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The witnesses spoke earlier about design. The difficulty still around a lot of urban settings is that we just do not have the space on the roads. We do not have the pavement width or what we would like to have to be able to deliver proper, active living and travel. The difficulty is in how we make the best of what we have. The RSA's argument will be that the first step is the 30 km/h...

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: On some level, both speakers are right in the sense that it is an action plan from the working group. Is the working group to report in the fourth quarter of this year?

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I imagine it would be very difficult to get what Deputy Matthews or anybody else is looking for without that. It is a vital piece of work. I was taken with a point Dr. D'Arcy made earlier about seeking short-term fixes and that mitigations occurred. I remember on the county council that people would look for ramps, which were necessary at times, especially for reasons of child safety in...

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We spoke about the difficulties and that we do not necessarily have the network we would like. Many would say we are starting from the wrong place. What can be done regarding planning to build in improvements in the system that would facilitate this in the future? Are there any game-changer pieces that need to be done in that regard?

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Most things have been covered and I think I have dealt sufficiently with the RSA. As I said, we have an elongated process and difficulties with road safety and speed limits, whether dealing with TII or the local authority. In the course of the witnesses' work have they come across any wants or needs that would need to be changed in that regard to get us to a better place, excepting the...

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that.

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes, and that would fit into the other part of the question.