Ms Moyagh Murdock:

It is a fair point and we fully intend doing that. Many members of families affected by road crashes have helped in our communication. I know she would not mind me saying this but Ms Susan Gray lost her husband a number of years back as a consequences of someone who admitted taking two bottles of Miller beer.

That is exactly what we are talking about here. We have them probably watching today and listening to the debate and they know all too well the impact on their lives and their communities of having lost their loved one as a result of somebody who thought it was okay to have a bottle or two of lager or whatever. It just leads to all of the factors Ms Burns has outlined already. I can imagine Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asking us to prove it to him. Bar putting one's finger in the wound, I would be more than happy to have some of those people to come forward and say they have been victims of that type of road offence. To bring it back to the current situation, the reality is that all they will be subject to is a penalty point endorsement and a €200 fine. That is the reality. That is the offence and it is totally disproportionate to the consequences. We must address that and we have an opportunity.

We hope we have covered all of the questions on the data. We are open to take any further questions but we believe we have proven unequivocally that this measure will save lives and we seek the committee's support in moving it along with the Bill and endorsing it. We can take satisfaction from the chart on the other measures that the Oireachtas has supported which have saved many lives over the years. We will do the same with this measure as well.