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

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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Nobody would disagree with that. We cut the traffic corps in half during the austerity years, which was crazy. Cities like Warsaw in Poland, where alcohol has a similar role in society, produced a situation in which every driver had a one-in-two chance of being invigilated and subsequently noted a dramatic decrease. I am not challenging anything in that regard, but this small step might lead to lives being saved, so perhaps the witnesses should welcome it and support the Minister.