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Voting - a running record of TDs & cycling

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  • 01-06-2017 8:27pm
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    Chuchote
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    Opening a thread - mods welcome to close it if it's not thought apposite - where politicians' statements and policies on cycling can be recorded for future reference when it comes to elections.

    First post (there are links within the article):

    http://irishcycle.com/2017/06/01/fianna-fail-td-continues-partys-focus-on-safety-gear-for-cycling/
    A Fianna Fail TD for Limerick, Niall Collins, is the latest parliamentarian to ask about the promotion of bicycle helmets.

    While Deputy Collins’ request did not include compulsion, according to parliamentary records, a larger amount of Fianna Fail TDs and Senators have focused on mandtory clothing for cycling and walking in recent years compared to our report in 2015 covering how much compulsory bicycle helmets were raised by TDs and Senator over 15 years.

    This year we have reported how the Fianna Fail transport spokesman, Robert Troy, has been pursuing the issue (he later clarified that: “Everybody, including pedestrians and cyclists, should wear high visibility vests”), last year the party’s senate spokesperson on justice Denis O’Donovan looked for mandatory high-vis for walking and cycling, and, in 2015, Niamh Smyth, a Fianna Fail TD for Cavan-Monaghan, also requested mandatory high-vis for walking and cycling.

    According to records published on kildarestreet.com, Collins asked: “To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the options available to him to encourage all cyclists to wear helmets when cycling; if his attention has been drawn to concerns on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.”

    In a written reply published on May 23, Minister for transport Shane Ross said: “It is long-standing Government policy to recommend and promote the wearing of helmets by cyclists…"


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    jrar
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    They could all put their money where their mouths are by maybe doing something pro-active like campaigning to have such items classified as VAT-free and bring down the price of helmets and other safety kit (lights etc.)


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