Feargal Quinn (Independent)

I was delighted to hear Senator Glynn refer to road safety, a topic I have raised on many occasions. Sometimes one believes one is not heard or listened to in this House. One of the topics which I raised with a Minister in this House, and about which I wrote an article in The Irish Times some months ago, is the prevention of road accidents by investing in installing speed cameras around the country for safety purposes. I had felt I was not being listened to until I picked up the newspaper this morning to discover that a speed camera blitz is imminent and thousands of speed cameras are to be installed.

I was pleased to read this because I thought someone was listening to me but, unfortunately, when I read the article further I discovered that the Minister referred to as implementing this scheme is the Minister for Transport in Britain.