Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 June 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Joint Sitting with the Joint Comittee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Pro-Social Drivers Programme: Pro-Social Ireland

11:00 am

Mr. Gary Doggett:

We were asked about our input relating to roads. We are members of the Donegal road safety working group and that is the only input we have. We can offer our opinion on such matters, along with the rest of the committee. Speed restrictors are not necessarily our area, as we do not only deal with speeding offences. We deal with myriad offences not necessarily related to speed. The point about insurance companies was interesting. We have worked on this for three years now and we have explored many different options to continue our work, but it is a struggle to get the supports we need.

We have been working for three years now. It is a struggle to get the supports we need. We have explored the idea of insurance companies reducing premiums for those who have done the course. We thought that if the companies bought into that idea, it might be a good way of getting support. We might explore that possibility again in the future. Unfortunately, I do not think what was said about the elderly is really relevant to the work we are doing. I hope I have answered the questions.

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