Pat O'Neill (Fine Gael)

I will have a question for the Leader in a second. When the motorway system came in, the speed limit on national primary roads was reduced from 100 km/h to 80 km/h. We have boreens which still have a speed limit of 80 km/h. In other words, the speed limits are ridiculous. The Leader should ask the Minister to fast-track this review of speed limits. Rather than having to review each road individually, local authorities or the NRA should come up with a formula to reduce the limit to 50 km/h or 60 km/h depending on gradients, frequency of bends and road widths. The Minister for Transport should fast-track this review and, hopefully, the House can debate this matter soon.