Results 521-540 of 1,013,844 for in 'Dáil debates' OR speaker:Joe O'Brien in 'Committee meetings'

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: -----and they are a real danger. We have had very heavy rain in the recent past - it has been unusual and exceptional - but the response from the local authorities is not good enough. There is a road out by Termonfeckin. Deputy Ó Murchú might know it if he travels there.

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Yes.

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is appalling. People ring me every day with their tyres bust and nothing in their mind but anger at the lack of conviction of the council to make it safe. As regards road safety, we have a lot more to do. Let us do it.

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I will start by echoing that point. It is not just in County Louth; in County Meath as well and, I am sure, elsewhere the road conditions are deplorable. It is causing damage to vehicles and it needs to be tackled. There needs to be increased investment to allow that to happen. I want to raise two points. One relates to Garda numbers and roads policing. Driver behaviour is...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I want to bring up a particular issue. It is the ongoing malfunction of the pedestrian lights at the roundabout with the inner relief road. I am talking about the N52 and Avenue Road, the R172, a major intersection in Dundalk. This has been brought up with me by Councillor Kevin Meenan but also here. If people put on LMFM and nearly every morning, they will hear a different elected...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Crowe: You could but you are out of time.

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I may come back to the Minister of State later on the Mount Avenue project but I am dealing with the local authority at this point and we know there will be a road safety assessment because those in Headford and other areas along there are worried about particular issues there.

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. We know how devastating road deaths are. It is not for now; it is for a lifetime for families, as are the catastrophic injuries, which are life-changing for so many people. Of the 63 road deaths this year, the breakdown is 26 drivers, 19 passengers, 12 pedestrians, two cyclists and four motorcyclists, so it is not just drivers, and...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Something that has struck me in this debate so far is the emphasis on drivers only. Automobile traffic is the only thing that has been mentioned. Members have not spoken of the fact that many of the people who have died on our roads are either pedestrians or cyclists, nor has our definition of what we understand road safety to be been broadened to include all people. It reinforces for me...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: This is a very important debate. I welcome the Minister of State and the comments I have heard so far. Much more needs to be done because far too many lives are being lost. The more people who die in tragic circumstances, the more appalling the vista for the families affected and the people who are injured as a result of road traffic accidents. Tens of thousands of people have significant...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Obviously, we all know that this is shocking behaviour but because we know this, we have to stop it and the only way to do that is to have sufficient traffic gardaí on patrol. We also know that there has been a resurgence in drink and drug driving recently and this is again because of the lack of enforcement. We need to address this urgently to stop the rise. In budget 2024, the road...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Mark Ward: There is nothing worse than turning on the news and the first item covers the most recent road deaths. Unfortunately, this is all too regular an occurrence. We listen to families speaking about the tragic and heartbreaking loss of a loved one. Even though the devastation is so visible, road deaths continue to soar. Road fatalities increased from 155 in 2022 to 184 in 2023 and there have...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: There have been 63 deaths on our roads this year, meaning 63 grieving families. At the current rate of traffic fatalities, Ireland is on course to record 225 deaths by the end of the year, which would make it the worst year for road safety in over a quarter of a century. We hope that does not happen because we do not want to see any more grieving families. We also need to remember all the...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Road safety is an issue that is seemingly spiralling out of control. This year is currently on course to prove the most lethal for traffic fatalities in 15 years, with all the good work that has been done in the years gone by completely erased. So far this year, 63 people have died on the roads, with the death toll climbing by an alarming 31% compared with the same period in 2023. In...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: When we talk about road safety the first thing we have to remember is that many families have been adversely affected by the large number of deaths in tragedies on our roads over the past year. In the first quarter of this year, as the Minister of State acknowledged, the figures have gone up again. This is a serious issue that we need to deal with. Policing is central to that, as the...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Pa Daly: This is an important debate. We have reached a watershed moment. I commend my colleague Deputy Martin Kenny on his work in this area. I hope we will see action from the Government and the RSA soon. One of the interesting parliamentary questions submitted by Deputy Kenny was on the number of gardaí involved in roads policing. In 2017, there were 623 gardaí in roads policing...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: The increase in the number of roads deaths in the last year has been shocking. Every life lost on the roads is a major tragedy. The last few months in particular have been totally devastating. Sixty-three people have died on our roads this year. These are 63 families left to grieve and lives ruined by loss, not to mention those who suffer serious injuries, sometimes life-changing. There...

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: As the debate has concluded, I will now put the question: "That the motions relating to proposals for Council decisions on the signing and the conclusion of an agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of passenger name data, are hereby agreed to.”

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Transfer and Processing of Passenger Name Record Data: Motions (17 Apr 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar fionraí ar 2.32 p.m. agus cuireadh tús leis arís ar 2.35 p.m. Sitting suspended at 2.32 p.m. and resumed at 2.35 p.m.