Mr. Noel Brett:

To add to what Mr. O'Halloran said, the Road Safety Authority has no powers as to what happens on private property and agricultural vehicles on private property. It becomes the business of road traffic legislation when the vehicle is on the public road when it is subject to policing like every other vehicle. In the period 2004 to 2011, there have been 37 fatalities on public roads involving tractors and 62 serious, life-altering injuries. It is important to differentiate between a person using a little Massey Ferguson 135 almost as a car compared with someone using a heavier more commercial tractor in a commercial operation. Once on the public road, every vehicle is subject to road traffic legislation.

That is the way that is policed. It can be inspected in the same way as one's car can be.