Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

It has more to do with speed in the case of younger people. I have no statistics to support my opinion, which is based on experience and anecdotes. I am of the view that more young drivers are killed as a result of speed and drugs than are killed by the consumption of alcohol and that more older drivers are killed as a result of the latter. The research carried out by the RSA, with which I am due to be presented before the end of March, will inform my views on this matter.

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