Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his reply. There have been massive changes and, overall, the Bill is a good one. There are many good ideas in the Bill. However, we are in the early stages of seeing the overall effects of many of these changes, such as the penalty points, and it would be appropriate that the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications look at this on a regular basis.

I suggested a two-year period. We have not seen the outcomes of many of the decisions. The Minister of State referred to penalty points and those reaching eight points. It remains to be seen whether this will become a problem. There will be other problem areas. I ask the Minister of State to think about allowing the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport to have an input.

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