I, too, would like to be associated with the condolences to the family of Brian Crowley and to the Cathaoirleach.

I will not go over what Senators Ryan, Comyn and Fitzpatrick have said, but I will raise the passing of Grace Lynch as well. Like so many in this House, I have got a lot of correspondence in relation to this matter. One item of correspondence which hit home stated that Grace Lynch is not just a number, a statistic or a headline, but a young girl so full of life and energy who always had a smile on her face and was constantly laughing and joking; she never let anything get to her; she was so full of joy and happiness; and she made sure to spread that energy wherever she went. Just last week, the correspondent sat behind this girl in class. That was sent in to us all by a girl from Finglas, Ella, who is looking for a ban on scramblers and e-scooters.

We all know that legislation exists to stop that but I would like to reiterate the call to support the Garda in enforcing this law. I support the call to have the Minister for Transport in to discuss this. This follows from the increase in road deaths in 2025, information about which was published last week. The report showed that a total of 185 people lost their lives in 174 fatal collisions on public roads in 2025, which represented an 8% increase in deaths on our roads last year. A total of 41 of those, or 22%, were pedestrians. Fourteen, or 8%, were pedal cyclists. Three, or 2%, were attributed to e-scooters. In this day and age, we have done so much and enacted so many laws. We just need to get down to enforcing them. I support the former Senator with regard to education. We really need to get into schools and transition year students and actually enforce it.

Having mentioned that, at the weekend, Threen National School contacted me once again about a very near miss on a main road outside the school, where kids were getting into cars after school and a car nearly hit one of them. They need the safe routes to school scheme, which it is not currently able to access. Yesterday, I was at Scoil an Chroí Naofa in Ballinasloe, a two-sited primary school. Hopefully we will be able to address that. Deputy Martin Daly and I have made numerous representations to the Minister about the new school build. It will be on one site, moving forward, with a bit of luck. In this day and age, we cannot have students crossing main roads during their school day. I support the call for a discussion on that.