Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (Resumed)
11:00 am
Mr. Michael Finn:
Yes. People have gone to jail for driving while disqualified. A certain cohort will probably ignore the law regardless - they are totally reckless. Imprisonment is probably the only solution for these people. There has been considerable debate about publishing the list of disqualified drivers. There is certainly merit in that. The committee could talk to our colleagues in the Revenue Commissioners about this approach. The chairperson of the Policing Authority worked there previously. She has commented on those who have been named and shamed in that context and how there has been a certain level of compliance as a result. It certainly assisted in that regard.
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