Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 February 2018

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage

1:30 pm

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My reference to the figure of 6% was not in the context of the number of lives lost; rather, it was in the context of the percentage of motorists detected in 2016 in the 50 mg to 80 mg category. I am not minimising the loss of life, as I am sure the Minister will acknowledge. I accept his bona fides, but why, if automatic disqualification is seen as a deterrent, are 94% of-----

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