James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

I join with others in congratulating the Road Safety Authority on this turnaround and the reduction in deaths so far this year. We have our fingers crossed as the chairman as indicated that we could end up with a sudden shock over just one long weekend.

I know the Minister has covered the possibility for gardaí to form an opinion that somebody is under the influence of a drug other than alcohol but will the availability of testing kits be further explored so that gardaí might quantitatively and qualitatively know that somebody has been taking an intoxicating substance that could influence driving?

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