Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport
9:00 am
Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source
There is not another figure. We have not included the figures for drugs, although there was a Bill introduced at the end of last year, as the Senator knows, which means that we will find another ingredient. However, we have not got the figures for those and they are not included in this at all. The only figures we have show a marked increase, particularly in 2016. Between 2012 and 2016, 3,003 fixed penalty notices issued to drink drivers in the 51-80 mg per 100 ml alcohol concentration bracket, with numbers increasing significantly during 2016. Those figures are tested by the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, MBRS, which is not any flawed body. We have got an increase-----
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