Cabinet to sign off on plan to cut speed limits
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The cabinet is set to sign off on a plan to reduce speed limits on roads across the country once it meets today.
Minister of State at the Department of Transport Jack Chambers will bring the memo to Cabinet which in time will see speed capped at 80km/h on national secondary roads.
The limit currently stands at 100km/h.
The limit on local and rural roads will drop from 80km/h to 60km/h and within towns, cities, and residential areas a limit of 30km/h will apply.
Roads on the fringes of urban areas will be capped at 50km/h.
Mr Chambers has said that "major action" is required to address the "fragmentation and inconsistency" of speed limits on our roads all over the country.
The Speed Limit Review is set to be published on Thursday and a taskforce will be set up to carry out recommendations in 2024 and early 2025.
Meanwhile, Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien will seek cabinet approval for the drafting of the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2023 which will give effect to the recent changes made by the Electoral Commission to constituencies across the country.
Mr O’Brien will also update his cabinet colleagues on progress on residential dwelling supply for 2023.
It is understood 14,017 homes have been completed between January and June — the highest for this period since the series began in 2011.
More than 18,500 new homes commenced construction between January and July this year, up 12% on the same period last year.
Justice Minister Helen McEntee is to bring a memo to cabinet with the text of a bill for the new domestic violence agency.
The legislation will include a plan to commission and fund support services for victims of domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence and people who may be at risk of any such form of violence.
Meanwhile, Fine Gael TDs and senators have raised concerns with Transport Minister Eamon Ryan about delayed investment in road projects across the country.
Several politicians at the meeting said Mr Ryan blamed a shortage of engineers as a contributing factor to the delay.
A spokesperson for Mr Ryan said not every road project can get built and there are about €100bn worth of projects listed in the National Development Plan but only €35bn worth of funding.
Sources said Mr Ryan mentioned the Adare bypass would need to be completed ahead of the Ryder Cup in 2027, there was little commitment given on other projects and the "frustration within the room was evident".
The meeting also heard a commitment to expand Local Link services nationally and to use them to assist with school transport issues.