Results 41-60 of 620 for garda speaker:Kieran O'Donnell

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...the bulk of the 387,590 people currently have applications for a test, without being called. Surely, it is possible for the RSA and the NCT to input that on a system so that it will come up on An Garda Síochána's system as well when at the roadside?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...We request, on behalf of Deputy Lowry, that the RSA finds a mechanism whereby, for anyone who has applied for a national car test, their details are on a computer system that can be accessed by An Garda Síochána so that when a garda stops a vehicle these details can be viewed straight away. With the best will in the world a range of people apply for an NCT many of whom may have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is next year, again. I ask the RSA to go back to the drawing board. Nine months is not an acceptable time for people to wait. It needs to get on to the Garda and link in with its system. People are being stopped and some of them are getting three penalty points through no fault of their own. It is more difficult to get penalty points cancelled than to get them in the first place....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: We expect the RSA to enforce that contract. Members of the public are being severely discommoded at present. They are worried about getting penalty points at Garda checkpoints. They are worried about insurance. Most people want their cars roadworthy. I ask the RSA to back to the drawing board with Applus+ and see what it can do to bring this back before Christmas which is two months...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: ..., it is about bringing the waiting times down. There is that continual exposure, particularly with the NCT but also with the issue of insurance, where people are being stopped by members of An Garda Síochána, and while the gardaí are being pragmatic, people are getting penalty points and there is severe worry in that regard. We ask the RSA to interlink with the Garda...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: The purpose of today's meeting is to receive an update on the Government's road safety strategy for the period 2021-30. We are joined by representatives of the Road Safety Authority, RSA, An Garda Síochána and the Medical Bureau of Road Safety. On behalf of the committee, I am pleased to welcome Mr. Sam Waide, CEO of the RSA. Attending remotely from the RSA are: Ms Denise Barry,...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: We will start with An Garda Síochána.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: With regard to the speed vans we see, not only on motorways, is the Garda National Roads Policing Bureau able to correlate its data, to see where the fatalities happen, for there to be known spots for speeding? A very high percentage of 29% of fatal road traffic collisions were reported to have had speeding as a contributory factor. When the Garda National Roads Policing Bureau does its...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: .... They are basically saying that we cannot limit for age for the purchase of an e-scooter. We have asked them to look at it again. Perhaps Professor Cusack would send that on to us and to An Garda Síochána as well. As the witnesses are probably aware, the legislation is only framework legislation. It is not detailed legislation. It would come in by way of statutory...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: ...point. What can be done for the future, in terms of other bank holiday weekends, that is different from what was done last bank holiday weekend? Will Ms Hilman expand a little more on what An Garda Síochána will do differently and on the other policies it is going to bring in from here on? We are looking at a situation whereby there have been 83 fatalities. Ironically, the...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: When Ms Hilman is answering the question, will she give me a statistic for what has been the increase in detection of drink- and drug-driving? An Garda Síochána does fantastic work, but Ms Hilman will appreciate that we have a role as a committee to ask the questions. What has been the change in the detection rate for alcohol and drugs for the first six months of this year...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: .... We will get rid of the statistic about drugs and alcohol first. I will then go into the substantive issue of the bank holiday weekend and what will be done differently. How can we assist An Garda Síochána in terms of legislation?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Does An Garda Síochána have many more machines on the go? Those figures came through road policing and community engagement. Is that correct?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: I ask Ms Hilman to explain. With all the measures An Garda Síochána puts in place, how many speeding detections did it make?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: An Garda Síochána is doing all of this very good policing work. Why then did we have eight fatalities and 13 serious injuries on the roads? We have to ask the hard questions. It is not personal. As public representatives, we are duty-bound to ask those questions.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: ...were also 13 serious injuries this year - and thank God nobody else was killed - and 20 serious injuries in 2019. For the public, the educational message is there. What further deterrents can An Garda Síochána bring to the table in terms of traffic policing that will let people know? The number of 2,600 speeding detections is a phenomenal number with 69-----

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes, 69 drug-driving and 140 drink-driving incidents. These numbers have more than doubled. The Garda is doing the detections. What would Ms Hilman's message be to the public in terms of what An Garda Síochána will be doing differently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...on the ground. We extend our thanks for that faciliation. Our next meeting is tomorrow. It is on the topic of road safety and we will have representatives of the Road Safety Authority, RSA, An Garda Síochána and the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, MBRS.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is there anything within the legislation that allows An Garda Síochána to ask someone who is riding a PPT his or her age? I take the Minister's point about purchase, but use is the big issue here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is Dr. Bedford in any way alarmed by the increase in drug-driving testing by the Garda on the roads?