Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the point of the Deputy's proposed amendment. It is superfluous because the new provisions I am proposing apply to limits exactly as do the existing ones for alcohol. If a person is actually impaired as a result of intoxicants, he or she will continue to be liable to prosecution under the existing provisions of the 2010 Act which make it an offence to drive or be in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant to such an extent as to be incapable of controlling the vehicle. The medical certificate of exemption created in the Bill only applies to the new offence of the presence of cannabis or cannabis acid and not to the existing offence under the 2010 Act.