Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The point, however, is that a person in a rural area who is faced with losing his or her licence has no access to public transport. Losing one's licence is losing one's licence. The difference between the minimum period in court and the proposed change in the current legislation is three months. It is an automatic three-month disqualification versus six months for a first offence. My point is that there will be a far higher level of court challenges as a result of this change because people who face losing their licences will challenge that in court. The risk is only three months of a difference.