Results 421-440 of 1,050,951 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ned O'Sullivan OR speaker:Brian Stanley OR speaker:Catherine Murphy)
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Apologies have been received from Deputy James O'Connor. Everyone is very welcome. I remind all those in attendance to ensure their mobile phones are on silent mode or switched off. Before we start, I will explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice of the Houses as regards reference witnesses may make to other persons in their evidence. The evidence of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Waide. Our first member to speak will be Deputy Catherine Murphy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I thank the Cathaoirleach. The RSA officials are very welcome. I ask that they keep their responses short because I have a number of questions to get in and we all have limited time. I thank them for their briefing note which is very useful. Page 10 provides information on the cost. I accept the point made about how the number one issue is the tragic loss of life, but the officials...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I ask Ms O'Connor to be very brief.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I understand ad campaigns can be effective. Unfortunately, road fatalities have increased following those campaigns. We have to question where we put our resources, in terms of whether enforcement plays a greater role. That is an issue for the Garda. There are particular categories. For example, there were 11 fatal crashes in 2023 involving learner drivers. That was a dramatic increase....
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Catherine Murphy: It is outside of what the Road Safety Authority can do, essentially. It is down to-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I will ask a parliamentary question on that. I do not have the time to address it now. It is illegal to drive unaccompanied on a learner permit, yet people arrive unaccompanied to NCT centres, for example. What is the Road Safety Authority doing about that? What can it do about that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Catherine Murphy: The Garda is being asked to enforce that. People arrive to Road Safety Authority centres. Do staff ring the Garda? Are people advised that they should not arrive unaccompanied? Is the Road Safety Authority taking a particular initiative in this regard?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I will stop there because I want to use my time for the questions I want to ask, rather than winding my time down in a way that I do not find satisfactory. I refer to the metrics I described earlier. The Road Safety Authority referred to the lack of sharing of information and the issue with the data commissioner, as well as due course. Does Mr. Waide have any idea of a ballpark idea of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Does Mr. Walsh expect that to happen within the lifetime of this Government?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I want to go back to the multiple learner permit issue. This may well be the responsibility of the Department because ministerial priorities have not been followed up on. Multiple learner permits is one such issue, as is a review of the driving test curriculum. What relationship is there between the Department and Road Safety Authority in terms of progressing those issues? Are there...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Over 6,000 learners failed to show up for scheduled tests in 2023. They continue to renew their permits. I am not in favour of increasing the price of testing. The most important thing is that we get people tested and that they are not driving on learner permits. Has the RSA a strategy for the slots that are wasted and making the system more efficient?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Can the RSA identify if the same people keep failing to show up? Is the system flexible enough to identify that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: We will let Dr. Walsh answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Hold on a second. Please give the Deputy a concise answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Will Mr. Walsh give me an answer? Is the problem premises? Is it a problem with the road layout? Just give me a concise answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: If Mr. Walsh would keep the Deputy updated on that, I would appreciate it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Walsh. I call Deputy Ó Cathasaigh.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Please come in briefly. I want to move on.