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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Value for money and a cost-benefit analysis are two different things. I understand that hi-vis materials are relatively cheap. Some €750,000 is not a great deal of money. Hi-vis is relatively cheap. We can go down the road and buy it in any shop. We can pick up a hi-vis vest. I am asking about the cost-benefit analysis. A lot of work goes work into putting hi-vis vests very...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: During the night or during low-light conditions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: How many four-year-olds are out walking at night-time?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I think that is victim-blaming, to be quite honest, because of where responsibility is placed. I believe the going to school booklet is still live on the RSA website.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It begins with dodgy research. It states that research shows that children aged under 12 should not cross roads on their own. In fact, the research points to those under ten years old. It has conflated-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have the FOI that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have the FOI on the research it was based on and it was ten-year-olds.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The second point it states is that children should wear high-visibility clothing when out walking. That firmly and squarely places the blame on parents and young children. We should be engineering our roads so it is safe for our children to walk to school.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Taking into account that it is quite cheap to do, what cost-benefit analysis is done on the hi-vis expenditure? It has an impact on where blame is apportioned for road collisions. Is there an underpinning cost-benefit analysis?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Please come in briefly. I want to move on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: This is Deputy English's first committee meeting. He is very welcome.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy is here for a good while yet.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: There will be a second round anyway.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: The witnesses might take them now, please.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: They are only implementing the policy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: I call Deputy Verona Murphy-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: I call Deputy Verona Murphy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Just give the witness the chance to answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: I will get a concise answer for you. Mr. Rowland, please.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Hold on a second. Will Mr. Waide answer briefly? I have to allow the witnesses to answer.