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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: All the companies can regulate the speeds of their e-scooters.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is possible for the companies to decide that an individual e-scooter could only go at 20 km/h. There is that capacity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I ask Ms Springthorpe to turn to the 250 W power aspect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It has not been discussed today. It is a critical point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What should be the upper limit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: If 250 W comes in, will the companies operate at 250 W?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is Ms Springthorpe saying it is a safety feature?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is your argument.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The counter-argument is that if you give the high wattage, people will abuse it and use it to go at very high speeds, which is very dangerous.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will go to Mr. Moller.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What has Mr. Padden learned? It seems he brought in e-scooters. It is now going to be firmed up in legislation. What has he learned, given that he was on the other side of the fence for a period? In terms of the roll-out of the changes in the UK, what has he learned in terms of the legislation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the wattage in the UK?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the speed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the current speed in the UK?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Has that worked?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Padden. It has been very interesting. We have a second session with various other providers. We will deal with the Committee Stage of the legislation, which will probably be the substantive element of it. No doubt the witnesses will be watching it closely. They have fed in to the process today. I thank all the witnesses for attending today's meeting and engaging with us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The purpose of the second session of today's meeting is to continue our discussion on the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 with five more e-scooter companies. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Mr. Duncan Robertson, general manager, Ireland and the UK, Dott; Mr. Matthew Pencharz, head of public policy for the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands, Voi; Ms Aisling Dunne, head of policy, Ireland,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will now move to Mr. Pencharz from Voi. He has three minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Finally, but not least, is Ms Hall from TIER Mobility.