John O'Mahony (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for missing the earlier part of the meeting. I will not go over a lot of questions that have probably been covered already. I can see value in certain things that Deputy Healy-Rae is saying but if there is evidence - I know he was disputing the evidence and asking whether it was the ice as against the pint of Guinness - and if it is totally evidence-based, it is very difficult to argue that something should not be done. If this is brought in, there should be some type of sunset clause or in other words that people could come back in two years and state whether there have been improvements in that area. If not, we must do everything to avoid more rural isolation. If, however, one extra life is saved I will hold my hands up and say I have to agree with it. We do not need to do it just for the sake of it because as the Minister has said, there are many different dynamics in the road safety issue and the fatalities on the road.