Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

Wait until a truck breaks down in the tunnel.

On 27 June, the Tánaiste told the Seanad it was his view that "the law as it currently stands is sufficient and has served us well". In his humble way, he cast aspersions on the issues raised by Fine Gael about home defence. However, the Law Society has made recommendations in that regard which the Tánaiste has accepted. Will he advise the House when he intends to introduce that legislation, which will be supported?

Can the Tánaiste comment on the latest fiasco in Waterford, where a District Court judge struck out 17 motoring offences because of an inability to supply copies of the original charges? Is this another example of mismanagement in the system of dealing with motoring offences on the part of the Department of Transport and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform?

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