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

Ms Deirdre Devitt:

For example, I have blackboards with notices asking people to leave the car, not to drink and drive and come back tomorrow after having a bit of breakfast. The Chairman made a point regarding awareness and campaigns and speaks about younger people. We should remember that many younger people do not watch television or see these campaigns or advertisements. They use their tablets or social media like Snapchat with their friends. There is a responsibility on everybody, including parents, publicans and politicians, to realise that people might not be getting information because they do not watch television.