Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is basing his reasoning for prioritising this on there having been a reversal of a trend. There has not been a reversal, it is a deviation. As the Minister knows well, I showed how the figures for 2012 - when we had the safest year on the roads - were actually far higher in the number of fixed penalty notices served on those in the 51 to 80 years cohort than they were last year. These things deviate. The Minister sees them as a priority but looking at the facts overall there could be a far greater impact from looking at other areas than pursuing this. It is something that has been overlooked.