Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

I welcome at least the fact that the issue is being taken seriously and that a framework has been accepted North and South on the disqualification notification. If we are to notify other jurisdictions about disqualifications, however, we must sort out our own problems. We must be able to notify people who are disqualified here that they are disqualified and we must be able to inform the Garda they are disqualified. The local authorities, bizarrely, are also involved in the penalty points system when people reach the 12 point limit. If such systems are not in place, what hope have we of making a system that acts between two jurisdictions effective?

See this speech in context