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:

I gave the percentage in my opening statement but I am not too sure what proportion was specific to heroine. That is one area of legislation and the other one is with regard to the different penalties and increasing them for somebody found with more than one intoxicant in their blood stream. A person taking cocaine could be in the pub all night having several pints as well and so they are only penalised for having the alcohol or the one drug in their system but some people have combinations of drugs in their systems. That is another area we looked at. It is mentioned in the road safety strategy as an area that has to be looked at with regard to legislation. Those are the two areas we could focus on.

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