Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

This amendment repeals section 55 of the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001, which extends the drink driving provisions of the Road Traffic Acts to tram drivers. The House will be aware of the extensive provisions in Parts 9 and 10 of this Bill dealing with drug and alcohol testing of safety-critical railway workers. These provisions also apply to tram drivers and it would not be appropriate legally to have two separate laws applying to the same issue. I am, therefore, repealing section 55 of the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act so all the provisions, applying to all drivers, will be in the one Act.

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