Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

I second the amendment moved by Senator Donohoe. I ask the Leader to seek an urgent debate today on the issue of road safety. Clearly, lessons have not been learned. It is four years since we were promised the roll-out of speed cameras. The strategy of road safety has not worked, the chairman of the Road Safety Authority is frustrated and angry and we have a silly dispute between two Departments. This weekend nine people were killed and their families are bereaved and in mourning today as a result of a lack of joined-up thinking.

This debate is urgently required because resources were available to roll out these speed cameras but we have failed to do so. How many more lives will it take and how many more accidents must occur before the road safety and traffic legislation can be co-ordinated?