James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

Have the implications of the provisions of this Bill been thoroughly considered by the Government, which could be said, as ever, to be missing the wider picture? Certainly, we are anxious to achieve a reduction in road fatalities, but has the nanny state gone too far and at what cost? I am disappointed that Deputy Mattie McGrath did not come into the Chamber.

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