James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I heard what Minister said about the matter being ultra vires, but the amendment proposed by Deputy Broughan makes sense. I urge the Minister to take the matter up with the Minister for Justice and Equality and introduce something similar.

We have spent an hour today voting on Bills. We have passed legislation that has had a lot of time spent on it by civil servants. Gardaí are enforcing the legislation. People are caught, brought to court and go through the Courts Service in the common good, following which they are convicted but, in effect, face no sanction and are allowed back onto the roads to cause untold damage to individual families. The amendment has great merit. While I understand the Minister's particular difficulty, it is something that needs to be addressed in the House as soon as possible.

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