The Junior Minister for Road Safety says there is no softening of the road safety strategy.
It's after reports there will be a delay in reducing speed limits on national roads until next year.
Seán Canney says suggestions the plan has been diluted or abandoned are simply incorrect.
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He says the default speed limit on rural local roads has already been reduced to 60km/h on around 80 per cent of all roads.
He says there is no backpedalling on 30km per hour urban limits.
