Mr. Leo Lieghio:

Deputy Troy said that we are more emotionally involved but this is an emotional subject. People are not just statistics. It is the duty of this Government and any government to protect its citizens. How in God's name can people with so many previous convictions, especially motoring convictions, still be allowed to walk the streets and go out and kill other people? My daughter's killer knocked my daughter out of her runners to the height of the traffic lights and was only charged with careless driving. The gardaí told us that she showed great remorse. Two weeks later she nearly killed another 18-year old girl in Belfast. That was after showing remorse. This remorse thing has been used so many times in court. The judges and the justice system are just accepting it. Repeat offenders should be taken off the roads. Either their cars should be confiscated or preferably they should be locked up and not be walking the streets. The Government at that time and at present is responsible for so many deaths. It is the Government's duty to protect these people but it is not doing it. It is protecting the criminal. These offences should be taken out of the Road Traffic Acts and made into criminal offences.