Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

This Bill is well-intentioned, as the Minister has acknowledged, but the problem here is not legislation. Even if it was, there are serious difficulties that mean we could not accept this Bill. Based on the opinion of a garda, gardaí already have the power to detain vehicles temporarily in many circumstance but we cannot legislate to confiscate and dispose of property based on an opinion. We cannot reasonably say we will confiscate a vehicle used in a case of dangerous driving if the driver and the owner are different people. How can we put a punishment in the law directed at someone who is not the convict?

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