Mr. Drew Harris:

Or to have no driver licence, that is correct. We do get some driver data but the more data we can get, the more effective we can be. We have seen this with the insurance data. The more data that we receive and that Garda members have in their hand with the means to access that data, the better. We can then make suitable interventions around disqualified drivers or those with no driving licence at all. Those are important. I emphasise them because there are life-endangering offences that, perhaps, may be overshadowed. When it comes to people who we know are dangerous when they are behind the wheel, obviously those who drive under the influence are, by definition, dangerous behind the wheel, but those who drive with no insurance or have no care as to the state of the vehicle also pose an actual danger, and we can see that in the causes of road traffic collisions. This is about actual physical intervention, having the information, and being able to make a detection at the scene and seize the vehicle. Once we have the vehicle the means by which they cause danger on the road is then gone. That is a very successful programme. We really want to emphasise this to our Garda members.