Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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1050. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department received applications from Galway County Council to extend the speed limit at a school (details supplied) on the grounds of speed and health and safety for persons locally using the school in each of the years 2010 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24589/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Under the Road Traffic Acts, a Special Speed Limit may, as in the case detailed above, include a periodic speed limit which can be designed to apply and operate outside schools at specified periods, for example when children are arriving at, or leaving a school during term time.

Statutory responsibility for the making of Special Speed Limit bye-laws is a matter for the elected members of local authorities, in this case Galway County Council, subject to the consent of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) in the case of national roads.

To assist local authorities in the application of Special Speed Limits, my Department's Guidelines for Setting and Managing Speed Limits in Irelandprovide detailed guidance on the application of Special Speed Limits outside of schools and is available to all local authorities.

As such, my Department would not receive applications from local authorities to extend speed limits. The matter referred to would be dealt with directly by Galway County Council in consultation with TII.

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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1051. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Galway County Council roads department applied to the Department of Justice and Equality or the local Garda division for a reduction in the speed limit on the N17 at a school (details supplied) due to health and safety concerns outlined by the board of management, parents and teaching staff; if so, when the application was submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24611/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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As the Deputy is aware, statutory responsibility for the making of Special Speed Limit bye-laws is a matter for the elected members of local authorities, in this case Galway County Council, and subject to the consent of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) in the case of national roads. The process includes local consultation, by means of press advertising, in advance of any new Special Speed Limit being introduced.

As such, my Department would not receive, nor expect to receive, applications from local authorities to extend speed limits. The matter referred to would be dealt with directly by Galway County Council in consultation with TII.