Dáil debates

Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed)

 

7:40 pm

Photo of Danny Healy-RaeDanny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

When the Minister spoke at the beginning of the debate on this particular amendment he said that a young, unaccompanied driver, when stopped on the side of the road, will be taken out of his or her car and left there while the car is taken away. As I understand it, on a cold winter evening this young boy or girl will have to walk home. If that person is leaving a place such as Kenmare and travelling home to Lauragh and is stopped on the side of the road, with no taxi, Luas, DART or bus service available, does the Minister believe that it is right that that person will have to walk home? Is it right that a person leaving the village of Sneem who is apprehended after leaving the dance hall or stopped-----

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