Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 April 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)

1:40 pm

Mr. Padraig Cribben:

The law states that, if someone is over 50 mg, he or she is over the limit. Penalty points and a fine are the appropriate penalty for being between 50 mg and 80 mg. The Deputy may have been absent, but I mentioned that the biggest killer on our roads was speeding. That is generally accepted. However, the penalty for being caught speeding is a fixed fine and penalty points. The law is appropriate.

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