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

Mr. Padraig Cribben:

I will respond to what we might call the "in-house" breathalyser referred to by the Chairman. It is fraught with danger in this context. If I run a pub and the customer uses the device but it is inaccurate, I would leave myself open to all kinds of claims. We know the problems everybody has with insurance now and I suspect this would be a godsend for insurance companies. We are concerned about reliability and people leaving themselves open to claims.