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Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Alan Kelly: The Minister of State is a decent man and a decent Minister of State, but the Minister for Transport or a Minister of State in the Department of Transport should be here to conclude this debate. It should be a rule of the House, with all due respect. There is a bit of passing the buck between the Departments of Transport and Justice, the Department of housing in conjunction with local...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar fionraí ar 11.46 a.m. agus cuireadh tús leis arís ar meán lae. Sitting suspended at 11.46 a.m. and resumed at 12 noon.

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: As we strive and succeed in reducing deaths by diseases such as heart failure and cancer, we deploy ever more technology and research into new medicines and procedures with the objective of prolonging life. We are going in the other direction when it comes to deaths and injuries on our roads. Road traffic accidents happen in an instant. Vibrant and healthy individuals with full lives to...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and all the Deputies for their contributions to the debate on road safety, the maintenance of transport infrastructure and other issues. I thank the Labour Party for tabling the motion. I welcome the opportunity to debate this important topic on behalf of the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Deputy Chambers, who addressed the House earlier. In...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Michael Ring: The next grouping is the Rural Independent Group.

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Michael Collins: When it comes to roads and road funding, I could say quite a lot. I would need four or five hours rather than four minutes. I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, but the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, should be here. It is a pity they are not because the Minister has a lot of questions to answer regarding lack of...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Michael Ring: The Deputy should give way to his colleague.

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this very important motion. It is an issue we have to deal with. My God, my own county was devastated last year with young deaths and we have had some this year again. This is a very important motion. There is not a simple solution. The Garda traffic corps has been decimated and we need those situations...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I an grateful for the opportunity to speak on this motion and to the Labour Party for bringing it forward. This year has been devastating for road fatalities. My heart goes out to all the families and loved ones affected by road deaths and road accidents. There have been 67 fatal collisions with 72 people killed on Irish roads so far this year. This is the highest we have seen in a number...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Mairead Farrell: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil le Páirtí an Lucht Oibre as an rún seo a chur os comhair na Dála. Ar ndóigh, tuigeann muid cé chomh dona is atá rudaí ar na bóithre faoi láthair agus tá sé fíorthábhachtach go ndéanfadh muid chuile shórt gur féidir linn chun stop a chur le líon na ndaoine...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The number of people killed in incidents on our roads is an issue of major concern for all of us. Speed, together with the consumption of alcohol or drugs and distractions such as mobile telephone use, is most definitely a factor in some collisions. The reduction in the numbers involved in the traffic corps over the past few years rather than in increase is relevant when we consider...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Johnny Guirke: I want to address the state of the regional and local roads infrastructure in Meath, as well as the danger and the expense it is causing to motorists. The roads in the county, especially those in north Meath, are in a state of neglect. This neglect has translated to a risk that constituents face every time they start their engines. They must avoid some of the worst potholes - or should I...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: On Monday evening, a young man in my constituency was seriously injured in a motorbike accident. At the moment, he is in a critical condition. Our thoughts are with him and his family at this time. He, unfortunately, is just one of a number of people, especially young people, who have been involved in serious road accidents in my constituency. There are a number of reasons for this. A...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Paul Donnelly: A number of issues with road safety were alluded to earlier and there is a core problem around all of them, namely, enforcement. I want to start by expressing my deepest sympathy and offering my condolences to all those who have died on our roads. Last week, a young man was killed in our constituency on an electric bike in a tragic incident that occurred in Allendale. Electric bikes are...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I agree with much of what has been said. There has been a huge number of deaths on the roads and our thoughts go out to all those people. I know the Minister of State was in Dundalk recently and we spoke about the issue of the Avenue Road roundabout, which was at least addressed. I, along with Shannon McCann and many others, have raised the issue of the intersection at Sexton’s,...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Michael Ring: I thank the Deputy. We will move on to the Sinn Féin Deputies, who have 20 minutes. Deputies Martin Kenny, Patricia Ryan, Johnny Guirke, Thomas Gould, Paul Donnelly, Ruairí Ó Murchú and Mairéad Farrell are all sharing the time.

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this motion. We have discussed the issue of road safety many times in this House over the past number of months. To date this year, there have been 72 funerals of people who have died on our roads. People who have been seriously injured are probably a multiple of that, and the impact that has on communities is something that is very distressful...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on road safety and I thank the Labour Party for bringing this forward. Any move or action aimed at reducing road deaths and accidents must be welcomed. However, when I read that this Government actually cut 10% or a whopping €150 million from the road safety and maintenance budget in budget 2024, I was completely taken aback. The numbers are...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: I wish to share time with Deputy Sherlock.