Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 103: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for his decision not to provide a default speed limit on non-public roads in view of the fact that it means that no urban speed limit is applied to estates not yet taken in charge by its local authority. [12641/07]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Public roads are roads that are in the charge of a road authority. The legislative basis for the application of speed limits on public roads is set out in the Road Traffic Act 2004.

I have no authority to extend the application of the Road Traffic Acts to private property or apply a default speed limit to non-public roads in private residential developments or to provide that local authorities can make special speed limit bye-laws in respect of such private roads.