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

As a result of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 introduced by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, hundreds of young drivers can no longer drive alone on a provisional licence. A family member must be with them. Parents are strangled trying to bring their children to college or wherever or trying to bring them to and from work. Given that they cannot drive alone on a provisional licence, can the Taoiseach explain to me why the cost of insurance has not come down but has in fact gone up? I appeal to him and to the Minister to bring down the cost of insurance for these young people because they are not driving on their own any more. Fair play is fair play and they are not getting it.

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