Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)

Given the carnage we have had on the roads recently, I hoped to ask a question of the Minister for Transport, Deputy Cullen, but he left. Perhaps he has gone to try to block the hole in the Dublin Port tunnel. Will the Government lead by example by having State cars obey the law and drive within the speed limit? I ask the Minister to review the provision that allows State cars to break the law. I also ask that the Government stop the practice of providing Garda outriders to escort foreign dignitaries and put those gardaí on the roads to do the job for which we pay them and which we want them to do, namely to manage traffic.

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