Donie Cassidy (Westmeath, Fianna Fail)

Eddie Shaw recommended to our committee that we had only half our investigation concluded if the committee did not visit Australia and particularly New Zealand. Our committee is taking his advice and is inviting the Minister for State, Deputy Callely, to join us on a visit to New Zealand. That country has in place the computer which has been successful in everything to do with penalty points, the issuing of summonses and so on. No trial is necessary and there is no excessive cost to the Exchequer. The computer machinery is in place in New Zealand. I accept Eddie Shaw's advice that this instrument could reduce road deaths by 50%.

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