In my role as Chair of the Committee on Transport, I again want to highlight the road safety crisis on Irish roads. Already this year, 28 precious lives have been lost and 190 lives were lost last year. Of course, behind every one of those statistics are a family and community devastated. I believe this to be a profound failure of our road safety strategy. I do not think the issues can be addressed by a single Department. Matters like enforcement, court processes, emergency responses and legislative reform intersect with many different Departments. Committees are in existence, but such is the crisis that I ask the Taoiseach to give consideration to the establishment of a full Cabinet subcommittee on road safety, given that the issues intersect multiple Departments.

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