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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: In some places 100 km is only at the bottom of the road.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I thank Mr. Lee and call on Ms Murphy from the Irish Road Haulage Association to make her opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements and I invite the members to respond. Initially, the Fine Gael group has 15 minutes to share between Deputy Fitzpatrick and Senator O'Mahony.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I am sorry to interrupt but there is sporadic interference with the broadcasting equipment from a telephone. I ask everybody to turn off their telephones because they interfere and make broadcasting difficult. It makes repeat broadcasts of the meeting less likely. It is in everybody's interest to ensure every telephone is turned off, as distinct from being in silent mode.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Your ten minutes are up, Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: It is ten minutes here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Does Mr. Farrelly have anything to add?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Mr. Farrelly is basically saying that the one-cap-fits-all approach is impractical. I will give him an opportunity to come back in later in the meeting. We will have a further discussion on these matters. I am anxious to give the Fianna Fáil members an opportunity to speak at this stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I ask Mr. Lee to respond to Deputy O'Keeffe and Senator O'Sullivan. He will be followed by Ms Murphy and the representatives of the FCI. I am not sure if there were any questions for Mr. Farrell or Ms Kinnarney.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: It would be helpful if the committee agreed to seek as much information as possible on the plans, the timeframe, etc. We should do so, as a matter of urgency, given the timescale that is involved. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: The Deputy is using unparliamentary language and we are before the watershed, if you like. They will have to put "Oireachtas Report" back awhile tonight.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: On the first issue, we were joking earlier that 100 km is a short distance in rural Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: I propose that the committee writes to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to ask that the upper limit with regard to kilometres travelled would be pursued and implemented if there are no issues in that regard. Is that agreed? Agreed. A number of issues were raised by Deputy Fitzmaurice for the Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors, FCI, and we will take them in that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: The correspondence we have agreed to send to the Department will seek clarification on that point also. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: That is a separate matter from the NCT.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Is Mr. Farrelly saying that councils are being brought to court by landowners for-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Does Mr. Farrelly believe there should be an exemption and councils should not have to go through that process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Could Ms Verona Murphy clarify if the councils cut to the 4 m level when they intervene?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Is it the case that it is not just the landowners but that the local authorities themselves are not doing this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)
Brendan Griffin: Across the board.