Results 5,601-5,620 of 26,014 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the full figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: If the Senator has some further questions, he may put them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many will that be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That would be on top of how many?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That would go to 47.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How have the staffing numbers increased in recent years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What about in Dr. Bedford's time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will probably do a body of work on road safety. The bureau will be very much central to that, so Senator Buttimer's proposal is valid. The report is a wealth of knowledge. When will the bureau have its statistics for 2021?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The bureau should be publishing preliminary figures because they need to be in the public domain. I know the witness has said they are no different from 2020. The figures at this stage are more than 12 months old, but statistics should be informing policy and in the public domain. They could be subject to adjustment following the Comptroller and Auditor General compiling the report. It is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is something on which we can follow up. I am on the joint policing committee in Limerick city and county, and Chief Superintendent Gerard Roche and his staff come before us. The number of drug-related testing of drivers is increasing relative to tests for alcohol. We are told one in seven roadside drug tests prove positive, whereas one in 30 prove positive in alcohol testing. When...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Are they living in a fool's paradise in that it will be in the system much longer than it would be with alcohol?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How long?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: And cocaine?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Why does Dr. Bedford say that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I specifically want to talk about drink and drug-driving. With regard to cannabis, cocaine and alcohol, which stays in the system longest? There are a lot of myths out there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: And cocaine?