Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)
1:40 pm
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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The tone of the Licensed Vintners Association is that there is public transport here and it is less of an issue.
It is a much stronger issue for the Vintners Federation of Ireland, yet the risk is much higher outside of Dublin where it is 89%. One would expect resistance from the Licensed Vintners Association because there is less damage done by virtue of the higher compliance rate or lower risk. The witnesses might comment on whether I am reading that correctly. I am because, essentially, 89% of offences are committed outside of the Dublin region.