Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)

I thank the House for its co-operation in passing the Bill. Notwithstanding any concerns people may have, I am certain the Bill further strengthens existing road traffic legislation and will make our roads a safer place. I look forward to the President signing the Bill into law and having it in action in time for the two bank holidays or, if not, certainly for the summer period when we can assess how it works and see to what extent mandatory testing improves our statistics.

With regard to the issue of drug testing, we are examining what is done in Australia to find whether it is practical to do it here. We do not want to introduce a measure here that does not yet work in Australia so we want to make sure it works before we introduce-----

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