Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

——given that a reply to a parliamentary question, by way of written answer, would have been satisfactory. Nevertheless, the issue is before the House. There is broad agreement on it and we are all delighted by the decrease in the number of road deaths, which is attributable to several factors, in particular the significant impact of television advertising.

Fine Gael's proposal is genuine and is not meant to trip the Government, so I want to try to deal with it. It proposes a second yellow card whereby once the fixed charge penalty has not been paid within 56 days, there would be a further period to prevent the matter getting stuck in the court system. It would be a second yellow card, requiring a further level of administration.

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