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

Steven Matthews: Very few of those incidents involve cyclists crashing by themselves. Some 80% of incidents are because of another vehicle or a third party.

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

Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Burns for that and apologise for interrupting, but we are on time limits and I have a lot to get through.

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

Steven Matthews: I agree completely with Professor Cusack about that.

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

Steven Matthews: It is exactly about this thing that if you cannot measure or monitor something, you cannot manage it. I also pose the same question regarding pedestrians, and not just cyclists, in the context of incidents where pedestrians were injured or had to step back because a car zoomed by them. These are all indicators that under another set of circumstances, different weather or lighting...

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

Steven Matthews: Chief Superintendent Hennebry mentioned that this requires behavioural change. I say to people that if they are involved in an incident, to report it to the Garda. The response I often hear is that the Garda will not do anything or that the matter will not be followed up. That is a flippant and off-the-cuff remark. am not saying that gardaí do not follow up because I know they have...

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

Steven Matthews: Can I follow up on that? Is it publicly available information? Are we able to look at roads and see where fatalities are recorded? Is that a publicly accessible piece of information? That you can analyse a road and find out-----

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

Steven Matthews: Is that available publicly?

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

Steven Matthews: I understand that.

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

Steven Matthews: Is there a mechanism being looked at whereby we can protect certain personal information related to those latest incidents and accidents but can still provide the information to members of the public to say that an incident occurred here that resulted in a fatality? I would expand that by saying that an incident recorded here was reported to An Garda Síochána and it was a near-miss...

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

Steven Matthews: I suggest that it would be helpful for someone to report a near miss and for it to be recorded somewhere centrally. If I ring Bray Garda Station to say that someone has nearly run me off the Dublin Road on my bike, it can be properly recorded in Bray Garda Station. However, if that happened in Wexford, Cork or Limerick, is there a central point whereby we say, “this year we had...

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

Steven Matthews: The TII is for motorways, which is a matter of vehicle near misses with each other. I am talking about the cyclist who is on the local authority road, the national route and in the urban centres. Where do we record that information? How are we building up a profile of driver behaviour and interactions between cyclists and motorists? I see it daily as I walk around the place. I am sure...

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

Steven Matthews: I think An Garda Síochána have the national roads, routes and motorways well managed. I see patrol cars on them. I am worried about the urban centres.

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

Steven Matthews: In the opening statement by An Garda Síochána, it said that there is approximately a 5% policing personnel time to roads. Is that correct?

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

Steven Matthews: Can An Garda Síochána break that down into how much of that time is spent on the national routes and the motorways, as opposed to the urban centres, in order to deal with what is probably considered by many people to be minor? This includes, for example, a car that is parked on a footpath during the time in which children are going to school. That would push a child who is on a...

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

Steven Matthews: I take the point that An Garda Síochána does not just want people to send in a photograph. They need to complete the proper paperwork. Would they support an online portal whereby people can upload this information, such as the photographs they take of infringements, the dashcam footage and helmet cam footage that cyclists wear? This would even provide an indicator. It would not...

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

Steven Matthews: Can I comment on that for one second as well? I reiterate the thanks we all have for the work that they do. On a daily basis, I see gardaí walking by cars that are parked in cycle lanes and on footpaths. I had an interaction with a garda recently whereby a car was parked on a cycle lane and had two of its wheels on a kerb. I said to the garda, “Is that illegal and can you...

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

Steven Matthews: I appreciate that. It is good to hear. When gardaí ticket a car for a parking offence, there is not always a visual sign of that as a ticket is not put on the windscreen any more. A lot of people see cars parked and they do not see a ticket, so there is a perception that no policing is being done. Would the Garda consider a sticker saying a person has been ticketed so that other...

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

Steven Matthews: I urge the Garda, with its experience, and Professor Cusack and Mr. Waide to come back to us as a committee and tell us which parts of the legislation are problematic in terms of doing the things they want to do to improve road safety. They are the kinds of things we will work on. Thank you for the time, a Chathaoirligh. My final point is for Professor Cusack. In terms of scooters and...

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

Steven Matthews: I reiterate the request that I made to our guests from An Garda Síochána. Could they provide the committee with the number of fixed-charge notices and tickets for parking in cycle lanes that have been issued over the past couple of years and the number of cyclists truck by vehicles over the past couple of years as well? I would like their records on that. Could Professor Cusack...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (29 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State. I am glad to have had the opportunity to raise this matter. I raised it yesterday with the Taoiseach during Questions on Policy and Legislation and I have submitted a number of parliamentary questions on it. While I welcome the expansion of DEIS schools, which is positive, I am concerned that we do not seem to have allocated any funding in the budget for...