Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 June 2012
273 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department received complaints from pedestrians and cyclists about motorists breaking red lights at pedestrian crossings; if his Department monitors the situation and if there are plans to address the issue by installing cameras at busy junctions in order to identify offenders. [31298/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs Minister, I receive representations on many issues and these include concerns about infractions of Road Traffic Regulations, among them failure to obey red lights. It is worth remembering that representations to Ministers, while always to be taken seriously, do not constitute statistical information: The scale of a problem on the ground cannot be extrapolated from the amount of correspondence which it generates.
While I have responsibility for Road Traffic legislation, traffic management is a matter for the local authorities and An Garda Síochána. It is they who collect any statistics on traffic violations and the question of whether to install cameras at busy junctions is also a matter for them.
