Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his position regarding the consistency of speed bumps and traffic calming measures on roads; if guidelines are provided to local authorities to ensure that they are similar in different parts of the country; if speed bump consistency was ever in previous legislation; the maximum height that speed bumps can be under current law; if he is considering including any consistency measures in his legislative programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19765/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Section 38 or the Road Traffic Act 1994 empowers such authorities, in the interest of the safety and convenience of road users, to provide such traffic calming measures as they consider desirable in respect of public roads in their charge. Section 38 or the Road Traffic Act 1994 empowers such authorities, in the interest of the safety and convenience of road users, to provide such traffic calming measures as they consider desirable in respect of public roads in their charge. To support the provision of such traffic calming measures, a non-statutory Traffic Management Guidelines Manual was published in 2003 jointly by the then Department of Transport, the Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government and the Dublin Transportation Office and distributed to each road authority setting out guidance on best practice. Guidance is given in Chapter 6 on traffic calming, including the types of roads on which particular types of traffic calming measures are appropriate. Section 13 of that Chapter deals with the specific details of speed ramps and other such measures. The Guidelines can be accessed from the National Transport Authority website ().