Ms Donna Price:

Mr. Lieghio referred to a case involving a person with 500 previous convictions. The problem with that case was that it did not even get to a judge and jury. Initially, the Garda and the Director of Public Prosecutions accepted a guilty plea on careless driving. Clearly, that is not satisfactory where a life has been taken by someone with that driving history. That is why we want these crimes treated differently. They should be treated as vehicular manslaughter – let us call it what it is.