Results 781-800 of 10,460 for speaker:Gerry Horkan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: That would be great. I will bring in other speakers but I do want to say with regard to people wearing high-visibility clothing that some people say to me it should be compulsory. I would not make it compulsory but I would say to people that if they want to reduce their chances of being hit they should wear high-visibility clothing. If they want to reduce their chances of having a serious...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Senator Garvey has five minutes, and she has spent nearly four of them. I want to give the witnesses a chance to respond as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Senator.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Sure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: I thank Senator Garvey. We have a member of our committee next, Deputy Lowry, and then I will bring in Deputy Sherlock.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: They are the rules, which I why I was doing it that way.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: On the NCT, I think the figures are much better than they were. There is one figure I would like our guests to provide to the committee after the meeting, namely, the number of people who are persistently reminded their NCT is due and who just ignore that and keep driving. It was quite a significant number. I know the RSA cannot tell because there is a two-year rollover, but there are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Mr. Walsh has had a much easier time today than he had before.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: It is much better. Last year, I booked a test for July in February. My test was due in October and I could get one in a week. It has transformed. Credit where credit is due for those involved, including the RSA, Applus and so on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: That was one of my points.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: That point has been raised.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: That is a start.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: It is my slot next but I will defer to Deputy Kenny as he has to go to the Chamber.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: They might have been alive if they had been wearing their seat belts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: It is a reminder to all of us to make sure we always wear our seat belts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: I will address a couple of issues. One is the issue of people who lose their driver's licence or whose licences are confiscated. They are banned from driving by the court but very few of them surrender their licences. I am not as concerned as to whether they surrender the plastic card but we seem to keep finding people on the roads who are driving without permission to drive. An Garda...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Should the RSA be?