Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Towey spoke about Iarnród Éireann, which has thousands of employees. He should consider the person who has one or two lorries going to the Continent, Cork or Belfast. What the Department thinks it can achieve is ludicrous. We designed the CPC course to put responsibility on drivers to ensure checks are done every morning when they go out and to put responsibility on drivers to drive properly and safely and not to drive when under the influence of alcohol. Now, the Department is kicking the ball back to the employer. If a person decides to go to the nearest town a mile down the road after the test has been done, how does one prove a machine was accurate? There are so many ifs and buts. I cannot believe we are trying to impose this on employers. If my wife is working for me and she goes down the road in the car, there is a responsibility on me to test her. We have not thought this out and we need to think it out. There are serious implications for employers and the Department has not examined all the nuts and bolts.