I raise a serious incident that occurred in my home town of Dundalk a few days ago. It was spread widely on WhatsApp and is now on the front page of a local newspaper. An individual in a car was driving along the Castletown Road. Some 15 m or 20 m in front of him was a cyclist. The individual in the car, filming at the same time, said he was "heartless" and asked viewers to watch what he was about to do to the cyclist. He then pulled his steering wheel to the left and knocked the cyclist off the bike. It was a deliberate attempt on human life. He proceeded to drive down the Castletown Road in the direction of Castleblayney laughing throughout the video about what he had just done. Thank God the person in question was taken to-----

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Without interruption. I have not said anything and will continue not to name any names. The individual was taken to the Lourdes hospital and, thankfully, he has been discharged. He is a lucky individual-----

I ask the Senator, for the legalities-----

There is no need to say that.

-----to withdraw the word "deliberate".

It was deliberate.

You should withdraw the allegation and speak generally.

I am trying to raise a very important issue and we are talking about semantics. I have an individual-----

The court will have to make the determination of-----

It has just been raised in the Dáil and the individual raising it there was not interrupted. I am speaking about a deliberate act done to a totally innocent individual. Two things are important. The first is the importance of segregated cycleways to offer protection to cyclists. I would like a proper debate on that. The other thing is we see now why what was done in this budget with a further increase in gardaí to properly police and protect our streets is even more important. This was a terrible act done on an entirely innocent individual. I would appreciate a debate on those two issues.

I thank the Senator. The ultimate determination will be by the courts. I call on the Leader to respond to the Order of Business.