Increasingly, I have had constituents get on to me about multiple bus lane violations and pedestrian traffic light violations where kids are crossing and cars continue to go through the lights. There are fewer members of the Garda Síochána per head of population since 2008, although the numbers have been increasing. We have a Garda National Roads Policing Bureau, formerly the traffic corps. However, at this stage we need a dedicated traffic and parking enforcement agency, separate to An Garda Síochána, which would free up resources for the guards to get out and tackle antisocial behaviour and deal with criminals. We must also have the visible nabbing of people for these offences.

South Dublin County Council's traffic section has video but it cannot share it because of GDPR. We need to tackle this issue or someone is going to get killed.

The issue does need to be tackled. I appreciate the Deputy raising this. We have to be careful too because we are also advocating for transport police. There is a danger that if we have multiple agencies, we would dilute the overall integration of An Garda Síochána. There has to be a balance in how we approach this. There has to be a dedicated traffic unit - there is one in An Garda Síochána - and there has to be strong co-ordination and co-operation with other agencies on safety.