Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I accuse the Government of total irresponsibility. In the last few days I wrote to the Minister for Transport advising him of the hardship likely to be caused to a poor provisional licence holder who has driven the family, for whom she cares, all of whom have special needs. The Ceann Comhairle will like this one. He wrote back to me and said he had referred it to Mr. Noel Brett, who is responsible. Who is responsible in this House? Is there nobody responsible on that side? What has gone wrong with them? They failed to live up to their responsibilities and running away from it will not solve the problem.

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