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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Would Superintendent Murphy recommend that throughout all the cities in the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Reference was made earlier to e-scooters. I drive a car. If an e-scooter hits me at 20 km per hour, the rider is not insured and is not paying any road tax. He or she will certainly damage my car. That is the first point. The second point is that there is no safety equipment whatsoever involved when travelling on one of these things. I am sure that Professor Cusack would be interested...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: On the carrying of pillion passengers, and especially very young children, two days ago I observed a woman with what looked to me like four-year-olds or five-year-olds up on the board of an e-scooter. Even if they never hit a car, if they hit a bump on the road the wheel is so small it is likely the children would be thrown. Is An Garda Síochána empowered to do something about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Most Garda drivers who are in vehicles are fully trained and trained to the highest standard. I am familiar with the fact that every now and then there is a car chase, and especially in cities. Garda drivers are skilled at what they do and they know how to handle a vehicle. Unfortunately, the people they are chasing are not skilled and do not know how to handle a vehicle. Are there any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: We were told at a recent meeting there was a significant number of people caught and charged by the Garda Síochána but it was not possible to enforce the outcome of a court hearing because of a failure in having the correct address or the person did not turn up in court. I cannot remember the exact statistic but apparently a significant number of people have been disqualified from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: That is great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: On the question of the varying of speed, I had to pass through Kilreekil before I had a motorway to go to Galway. One could drive at 100 km/h and shortly before the village this was dropped to 60 km/h, and less than 100 yd later this dropped again to 50 km/h. It seemed a little crazy that one would slow to hit 60 km/h but a person could be breaking the speed limit because of the short...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I hope the GoSafe vans are self-financing at this stage. I thank the witnesses for being here and particularly Professor Cusack for his input. I compliment the work of the Road Safety Authority and the work it does is fantastic. Driving in this country has changed over the past 45 or 50 years in an amazing way. Everybody here does a great job and I hope I do not meet any of them breaking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: In the tunnel in Limerick on the way to Clare one goes from 120 km/h to 100 km/h to 80 km/h.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: That does not take account of life-changing injuries in those cases. There could be one death and several people's lives destroyed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Would the assistant commissioner argue that if I drive at 150 km or 190 km on a motorway that it is dangerous driving? Surely the same applies if I drive at a speed of 60 km in a 30 km zone or 70 km in a 50 km zone? I mean that it is equally dangerous and probably more dangerous because members of the public may be present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Yes, later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: Senator Horkan has just lost two minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: On the NCTs, I note they are being offered in November.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I concur with everything that has been said about CE schemes. I just wish that we would have treated the supervisors much better. These people do an amazing job in local communities, but we have treated them badly. The part-time Minister for Defence has agreed to place the Defence Forces at the disposal of a private company at Dublin Airport. If Supermac's or McDonald's was stuck for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I will not withdraw it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: We are discussing placing a number of Defence Forces personnel on standby at Dublin Airport. What the general public does not realise – the Deputy Leader does because she has been at the coalface – is that putting people on standby means that they are not going on leave and must instead be available. In the middle of the holiday season, soldiers and their families go on...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I probably should have interjected before Senator Doherty rose to speak, but now is as good a time as any. The Minister of State will have received a letter today from IALPA. I wish to put the content of that letter on the record of the House. It reads: Dear Minister, I refer to the script of the debate in Seanad Éireann on Thursday, 16 June 2022. An extract is attached for your...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State for the brief she has just given us with respect to the aviation expertise that is available in the IAA. I am delighted they are there. It is vitally important that the IAA is staffed with experts in all aspects of aviation in order that it can do the job we are legislating for it to do. However, moving on from what Senator Doherty has said, I still have not...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Gerard Craughwell: In all conscience I cannot progress with this legislation. I know the Minister of State thinks I am trying to talk down the Bill. I am not. I want this Bill passed. However, if there is a question mark over the drafting of the Bill as to who was involved, then as a parliamentarian I am obliged to follow through and get answers to that question. It is a simple "Yes" or "No" answer. Do...