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
Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I realise the Minster has said that the figures he has do not relate to people from the RSA survey who have admitted to drinking and driving. These are people who were tested for drink-driving. Does the Minister accept that the perception exists, given the serious anomalies? I realise the Minister's figures are not based on that, or so he says. Given the serious anomalies in Garda breath-testing, we have to ask questions about the data. We are bringing in legalisation when, clearly, as it stands, the data supplied by An Garda Síochána are not reliable. Indeed, they are clearly false in many instances.
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