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

Steven Matthews: I urge the Garda, with its experience, and Professor Cusack and Mr. Waide to come back to us as a committee and tell us which parts of the legislation are problematic in terms of doing the things they want to do to improve road safety. They are the kinds of things we will work on. Thank you for the time, a Chathaoirligh. My final point is for Professor Cusack. In terms of scooters and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greater Dublin Area Transport Strategy 2022-2042: National Transport Authority (28 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: ...and I will come back on some of their answers. I will continue from where I left off and acknowledge there are some positive freight measures. I got caught up discussing rail freight and I want to discuss the last mile of freight or cargo delivery. The strategy suggests that we should examine the feasibility of how we introduce those, which not only cuts down on emissions but improves...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State. She is quite right to point out the good work being done by An Post. Any Deputy who sits on the north side of Leinster House 2000 building will note that a courier company operates there. A 40-foot truck arrives on one of the evenings in the week and all the parcels and packages in it are decanted into smaller vehicles, including e-bikes and e-trikes, like An...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister of State for bringing the Bill to the House. Many aspects of it are long overdue and need to be addressed, especially given we have to address spiralling transport emissions and the planning of the past 40 or 50 years that has led to car dependency and urban sprawl. We urgently need to get people onto public transport, but it is difficult to provide high-frequency...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Minister for Transport (30 Jun 2021)

Steven Matthews: I am conscious of everybody's time so I will speak to pre-legislative scrutiny on the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019. I thank the Minister for attending the meeting. This will, probably and hopefully, be our final pre-legislative session on this Bill and the committee can then produce a report based on the evidence of the witnesses with which it has engaged, including...