Feargal Quinn (Independent)

We should cover the country in terms of the erection of such speed cameras. The investment would be worthwhile. Motorists would know they would be caught for breaches of the law. Speed cameras can identify what happens on our roads and the motorists who drive at speed. The use of such technology would result in what happened two and a half years ago when we reduced the number of deaths on our roads. It is in the hands of the Government to address this issue. It is in the hands of the Minister of State to say he will push the Government to do this. If the Taoiseach were to give this issue priority — I accept the Minister of State gives it priority but he must get support for it — there would be an improvement in the position. We do not need new ideas, strategies or promises. All we need is for the Government to deliver on the promises it made so many times in the past.

I repeat what I said at the outset. We know what we have to do if we are to cut the number of deaths on the road. All we have to do is actually do it. However, this issue needs to be given priority and determination and somebody at the top needs to say, "This is my priority and this is what the Government will do."

We do not have to wait for a new Government to take office to address this issue. It could be done next week. I welcome this debate because it is a way of making sure that this matter it brought to the top of the agenda and to the forefront of our minds to ensure that we do something about it.