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)

9:00 am

Ms Velma Burns:

We want to deter anyone from taking a chance. If people know they will receive a severe penalty such as disqualification, drivers will not judge that they can drink two pints or whatever measure they feel they can. That is a subjective decision and we are saying that this will deter them.

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