Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

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

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9:00 am

Ms Velma Burns:

The threshold is 20 mg. It is often described as zero tolerance or zero level across Europe, but the measurement is in fact 20 mg. Below that threshold, there is alcohol naturally occurring due to the composition of the human body.

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