Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate
Dr. Declan Bedford:
There are two different scenarios there. There is recreational use and there are the people who are unfortunately poorer and more deprived and they are in a vicious circle of heroin and poverty, which is very difficult. On the questions about resourcing, the Department has been good to us and we have always had a good working relationship with it. On legislation, two areas are mentioned in the road safety strategy which would be worth following up on. One is the use of interlocks for drivers, which I mentioned earlier before the Deputy was here. However, that has to be part of a programme of proper rehabilitation.
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