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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Is it virtual reality stuff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: That was actually my next question. What else can we do for the witnesses, and what would they do if they were the Minister?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: And even the type of vehicle, whether it is commercial or whatever else and so on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I am very conscious of the time, which is pretty much up. I thank all the witnesses for being here. Is there anything else we can do for then, and is there anything else, if they were the Minister in the morning, that they would do that we are not doing now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: If you became a benign dictator in the morning, there would not be other things you would do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Very good. Professor Cusack, if you could wave a magic wand, what would you do?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Speeding, speeding, speeding is your number one issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: It is still true, though.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: That is the GoSafe.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Not the bodycam.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Equally more technology so you do not have to use these valuable gardaí.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Deputy Cannon made a point about red light driving. I could show Ms Hilman certain junctions, and the State could make a lot of money quickly out of people doing red lights. There is one at the top of Eglinton Road. Every day, at every light sequence change cars are flying up Eglinton Road heading for Milltown and going through on the red - not just the orange, the red. I am cycling...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: In conclusion, I thank all of you for being here; Mr. Waide and his team, Mr. Rowland and Ms O'Connor, Professor Cusack, assistant commissioner Hilman, and Superintendent Murphy. Obviously, all committees are here to raise and articulate problems and concerns. However we acknowledge, and I certainly do, the enormous improvements in road safety figures over the years. I think 1972 was one...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: The purpose of today's meeting is for the joint committee to discuss an update on national car testing, including staffing issues and driver licence issues with representatives of the National Driver Licence Service, NDLS. On behalf of the committee, I am pleased to welcome from the Road Safety Authority, RSA, Mr. Brendan Walsh, chief operations officer; and Ms Alison Coleman, director of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I presume when Mr. Walsh said "previously" with regard to testing, he means the driving test rather than the car test.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: There are buildings where people can apply for the licence and buildings where people go to do their driving test and they are not necessarily the same. Are they sometimes the same or are they generally not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: There are 59 test centres and about 40 places where people can go to fill in the forms.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)
Gerry Horkan: The next slot is a Fianna Fáil slot. I will take it if that is all right with everybody. I thank the witnesses for being here. It is not that long since they were here. As a committee, we had hoped we would have Applus with us before the summer, but I think it was not willing to come in without the RSA beside it. Everyone is here today. I point out to all members that we have a...