Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport
Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety
2:00 am
Mr. Seán Quigley:
To be clear, the remit of the bureau is to test and approve the devices for use. It is a matter for the Oireachtas to decide on when it becomes a statutory requirement. Based on international experience across a number of European countries, these devices have been used where someone has been found to be over the limit, and it is compulsory for cars to be fitted with them as a deterrent. It is quite possible that we may go down this route, but it is a matter for the Oireachtas to decide when and how that will happen.
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