Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received any requests or submissions from Dublin City Council or any other local authority for the urgent introduction of updated speed laws; his views on these requests; if he is preparing legislation to allow for a 40 km/h default urban, inner city and home zone speed limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12790/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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I have not received any requests or submissions from Dublin City Council or any other local authority for the urgent introduction of updated speed laws.

The Road Traffic Act 2004 establishes default speed limits that apply to defined categories of roads and which can only be changed on a permanent basis by county and city councils through the making of special speed limit bye-laws. Section 9 of the 2004 Act sets out the range of special speed limits that may be applied by local authorities through bye-laws. The legislation underpinning both the default speed limits and the range of special speed limits is kept under review by my Department on an ongoing basis. There are, however, currently no proposals to provide for a 40km per hour default speed limit for a defined category or categories of road.