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
The breathalyser is calibrated by the Medical Bureau of Road Safety and it just reads "pass" or "fail". It is just an indication. If a person fails a breathalyser test, he or she goes to the Garda station and a decision is taken on what happens next. It is not evidence.
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