Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 14:

In page 27, after line 38, to insert the following:

“38. The Principal Act is amended in section 36, by inserting the following:“(9) The following offences shall be included in the book of evidence pertaining to learner drivers—

(a) driving unaccompanied,

(b) non-display of L plates shall be included in the book of evidence presented to the Director of Public Prosecution following a fatal road traffic collision.”.”.

There seems to be a lacuna in this area in regard to a summary offence. The amendment proposes that offences pertaining to learner drivers in terms of they driving unaccompanied and the non-display of L plates would be included in the book of evidence going to the Director of Public Prosecution. The Garda Síochána has informed us this is a gap that needs to be addressed.

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