Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

I did not make any comment about a report that has not yet been published. That would be entirely inappropriate. The questions I raised related to comments and speeches made by the Minister and points that he has already ascertained. I would like the Taoiseach to deal with the question I asked. Does he think it is appropriate that the Minister, who commissioned this report that allegedly nobody has seen, has already concluded that some access to PULSE should be removed? He did not answer my question about the legislative basis for gardaí to have the power to terminate fixed-charge penalty points. When he answers that question he might refer to the Road Traffic Act 2010, which removed the right from judges to use the Probation of Offenders Act precisely because it would mean that penalty points could be terminated, which should not happen. Why and on what legislative basis does the Taoiseach maintain that gardaí have this mythical power?

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