Results 541-560 of 1,043,250 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ciarán Cannon OR speaker:Brian Stanley OR speaker:Seán Sherlock)

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: One Deputy at a time. I invite Ms O'Connor to respond.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: The RSA's work in this area has been superb but the most effective way to protect cyclists is to separate them completely from traffic.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: The RSA is utterly silent on this. Whenever a debate arises at national level, and everyone in this room knows the debates that have been had in the past 24 months, the RSA has been nowhere to be heard.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: You are the Road Safety Authority.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: The RSA needs to be that lone, independent, authoritative, unsullied voice for vulnerable road users and it is not. It is that simple.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: I want to revert to the speed limits for a moment. Statistics show that many serious and fatal accidents happen on local roads. An elected representative cannot go up a local road without every second person asking them what can be done to slow down cars on the road. The speed that people drive on local roads is absolutely frightening. It is also the case on regional roads but it is...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: People are looking for ramps on roads where they cannot be put in. People call for GoSafe vans but we know they will not be put on the roads. They cannot be put on every by-road in the country. I am sure members will agree that the speeds people are driving on local roads are absolutely crazy. I saw one person in a BMW with a child standing in the front driving down a local road covered...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: We cannot put them on every road.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: There are three driver test centres in County Laois. Where are they?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: Are they in RSA buildings?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: I ask Mr. Walsh to do so. Will the RSA also come back to the committee with information on what was spent renting hotels? It is curious that hotels are being used as test centres.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is on a short-term basis and I understand that. Will the RSA come back to the committee with information on how much it has spent on it last year, how many hotels were rented and where are they. I have a specific question on Graiguecullen, which is on the Carlow side of Laois. How many test centres are there between Graiguecullen and Carlow town and where are they?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: Does some of it cover physical works?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: I thank Dr. Walsh for helping with this. How far into it are we? What period of time is the €3.8 million to cover?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: Three years.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: I ask the RSA to come back with a brief update on this. I also ask the witnesses to come back to the committee on the buildings. Who owns buildings used by the RSA? Is it the OPW or the RSA?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: I thank the RSA and departmental officials for their clarification that the AILG will be notified of speed limits and the cathaoirleach of each county council will also be notified.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: I ask members to stick to the time. Each will have three minutes, with Deputy Catherine Murphy first.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)

Brian Stanley: The point is well made that there is a sense of urgency about this. It is very frustrating that local authorities tasked with the job of making the roads safe cannot get their hands on basic information. Who has a complaint about that? What happened? How was that stopped? It was not me at the time. Why do the local authorities not get the data?