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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Perhaps Ms Murdock can give us a breakdown of the numbers. It is a very good question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: It might be helpful if the authority could give us an analysis of the school buses that were stopped.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The 40 buses from Bus Éireann might not all have been school buses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: It will give a benchmark and will help to inform us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Whatever view one may have about what the Deputy is saying, the RSA has no role in this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I was driving somewhere recently and a bus was travelling at a very high speed as it went into the port tunnel, which was very dangerous. I was concerned for the passengers and everyone else so I rang the Garda to make a complaint. I was told that, because the journey was less than 60 km, the regulation did not apply. The tachograph would show the speed at which the bus was driving but...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: This was going into the port tunnel at 80 km/h or more.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Yes. That is why I reported it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: If it was going 10 km further it would require a tachograph.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: A significant number of buses on shorter routes can break the speed limit without it being recorded by a tachograph.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: No, I am not-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I accept that nobody is entitled to exceed the speed limit at any time. I travel the roads a lot and I know that it is rare, but a bus that does exceed the speed limit is extremely dangerous. Going into the port tunnel at speed is a recipe for disaster.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Members of the Garda rang me back to say they did go to the company. They had no way of knowing other, than what I told them, although there is no doubt about the veracity of it. How do we change that and make it safer? I appreciate the law is A, B and C.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am talking about tachograph elements.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: It is an EU exemption?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is an issue though.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is a question for the National Transport Authority.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am glad to hear that. Can I say, before we finish the meeting, that I absolutely reject what the Deputy says about the role of the RSA? Regulation is passed by the Oireachtas and any powers the RSA has comes from there. I would like to see greater enforcement, not less. As for the loss of anyone's life as a result of dangerously defective buses or cars or of dangerous driving, the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is no problem.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: On a good and happy point, I had to renew my driving licence recently at the Drogheda office and the lady behind the counter could not have been more helpful and friendly. It was an excellent experience. The customer service is excellent.