Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 7:

In page 4, line 25, to delete "to a mobile" and substitute "to the use of a mobile".

I indicated on Committee Stage that I would bring forward this amendment. Section 3(7) sets out the defence provisions for the offence of holding a mobile phone while driving under subsection (1) or the offence of using a mobile phone or an in-vehicle communication device contrary to a prohibition on their use that may be introduced by the Minister by means of regulations under subsection (1). It arose out of either Deputy Shortall's or Deputy Olivia Mitchell's amendment that I accepted. This amplifies the point I made on Committee Stage. Amendment No. 7 is a drafting amendment to bring greater clarity to the subsection. The insertion of these words in the amendment in the subsection accurately reflects the offence referred to in subsection (6) relating to the use of a mobile phone or an in-vehicle communication device. It amplifies it arising out of Deputy Olivia Mitchell's amendment.

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