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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: They were picked up by the NCT.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I am glad Mr. Walsh made that distinction because if the drivers had NCT certificates and their vehicles were found to be defective, there would be an issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I am glad Mr. Walsh clarified that. Has the RSA reviewed the criteria that are necessary to pass the NCT. There is an onerous list of such criteria. Does the RSA review that from time to time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: The answer is "Yes". I am short on time. I appreciate the detail in Mr. Walsh's answer. The point I am coming to is whether, considering that there is a statistical failure rate in every test, the RSA notices a preponderance of certain types of failure. Statistically, are there are occasions when the RSA has noticed that vehicles are failing for certain reasons? Is it mapping that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: The answer is "Yes".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: What is the most likely cause of failure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: Are tests failed due to dipped beams not being set to the criteria the RSA has set out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: The alignment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: Once the RSA has mapped the failure rate for lack of alignment of dipped headlights, does it map onto that the cost of the retest for the people who, in numerous cases and at particular points in the past number of years, have gone to their local garages, done the pre-NCT, come out the other end and gone back to and said that the vehicle failed because the dipped beams were not correctly set?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: If one was being cynical about it, could one suggest that this is a nice revenue generator for the NCT?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I appreciate that. In the short time available, I take the opportunity to commend the RSA on the 30 km/h town campaign. That is the RSA's baby, is it not? Sorry if I am going over old ground. I think it is permeating. I live in the town of Mallow and I represent typical towns like Mallow, Mitchelstown and Fermoy. I am noticing that driver behaviour in this country has gone to pot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: Has the RSA a mechanism for mapping the success or otherwise of its campaigns? Is it too early to map the success or lack of success of very public campaigns like the 30 km/h town campaign onto whether or not that is having an impact on driver behaviour?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: It is working for me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: This is my last question. I thank the Chair for his indulgence. Where does the RSA meet the local authority on the speed limits and on ensuring that where a speed limit needs to be increased or decreased, based on the RSA's research? Where does the rubber hit the road, so to speak, on that conversation where the RSA is trying to take out collision spots, black spots and so on in urban...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Trade Data (23 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 92. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of exports to Israel in the months of February and March 2024, by value and type of export, in tabular form. [17299/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Trade Data (23 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 93. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of imports from Israel in 2023 and to date in 2024, by value and type of export, in tabular form. [17300/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (23 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 147. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his further plans to increase the retirement age for members of the Defence Forces and the Reserve Defence Force beyond the current age limit; when will the age be increased to 62 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17684/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Water Supply (23 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the share of all primary schools in the country that have access to drinking water from the mains, local water scheme or their own well; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18276/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (23 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what action has been taken to monitor and reduce food waste and packaging waste in the school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18277/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (23 Apr 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the action taken on each of the 18 recommendations contained within her Department's evaluation of the school meals programme undertaken in 2022, per recommendation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18278/24]