, Dublin South-East): With your permission, Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 and 19 together.
My Department and An Foras Forbartha have been following the progress of experiments in Britain and elsewhere and other modifications of the road surface designed to retard vehicle speeds. There is no statutory authority for the provision of such ramps in this country. Apart from the legal aspects, however, I am not satisfied at this stage that the results of research so far carried out would justify the general adoption of such measures.
The exclusion or restriction of traffic by means of bollards or other such measures is a matter for decision by the road authority, in consultation with the Garda authorities.