Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There is an issue with the licence for those who have a hitch for trailers, as they would have used the trailer to go to marts. For years the use of a trailer was part of the licence. People had a licence for years and were well used to twisting and turning their trailers. New rules were introduced and if one was on one side of a date, the rules of the old licence still applied but otherwise the new rules applied. We sometimes make laws that push people outside the system. Some people never had the opportunity of an education and are not able to read or write. I am very critical of the RSA and the way it conducts its business by touch screen technology. Would the Garda Síochána try to come in behind my proposal of a practical system in some place like Mondello Park, where they could do all the practical exercises with the car and trailer? The people I am talking about are bamboozled by this new system, and although they had a licence in the past it is pushing them outside the law.

This is totally wrong and should not be the spirt of the way things are done. The Garda Síochána need to move with the RSA and try to get something done on that.

I question the way the GoSafe vans are located and parked on the hard shoulder. Is that safe? Is it legal?

In regard to drug testing for drivers, I know the Garda was trying to find a way of conducting such tests, but has a foolproof system been found to conduct such tests?

I note Dublin has been allocated almost as many Garda members as the whole western region.