John Halligan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I wish the Minister well in his well deserved appointment. In the light of his clearly stated priority to keep the numbers of road fatalities and injuries down and taking into account the fact that alcohol is estimated to be a contributory factor in at least one in three fatal road collisions, I ask whether he will undertake to examine the proposals of the Brendan’s law campaign to introduce mandatory penalties for drink drivers involved in fatal accidents and automatically suspend the licence of a driver involved in a fatal accident who subsequently fails a breathalyser test. Other countries in the European Union already follow these stipulations and I am interested in hearing the Minister's remarks on the matter.

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