Ms Moyagh Murdock:

There is other legislation. We have the third payment option coming in for many other traffic offences that will alleviate the pressure on courts and improve efficiencies in courts. Some legislation will increase the demand on the courts service. Other legislation that we are introducing later this year will improve efficiencies through the court. This is not a valid argument. This is about saving lives. This is about standardising the offence of drink-driving by introducing a mandatory ban, and that is what we are here to discuss.