Séamus Healy (Tipperary, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

I support amendment No. 8 in the name of Deputy Broughan. There has been a historical difficulty in ensuring that where drivers were convicted in court, penalty points or disqualifications were registered on their licences. It is an area that PARC, the road safety organisation, has targeted over the past number of years. Members attended local courts to monitor the situation and to highlight the issue. The Minister has improved the situation in that regard. Deputy Broughan's amendment flows from that and is worthwhile. Indeed, it is an important measure to ensure that all these convictions and disqualifications are noted and registered on the licences of individuals who have been convicted.

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