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Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: It is a matter of which we are aware from court reports concerning attempts to stop a driver who had drink taken.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 9: In page 9, line 44, to delete "6 months" and substitute "12 months". I had similar amendments on Committee Stage which sought to increase the penalty on summary conviction for drink-driving from six months to 12 months. Has the Minister reflected on this proposal?

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the fact that the Minister accepted a key amendment I moved earlier on behalf of the Labour Party. The formula he has arrived at comes a good deal closer to the introduction of mandatory testing for collisions, accidents involving serious injury and tragic fatalities. I warmly commend the PARC road safety group, a group of activists which has campaigned so steadfastly for...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 17: In page 13, line 20, to delete "attends at the scene of" and substitute the following: "is of opinion that a person has been in charge of a vehicle that has been involved in". I propose the deletion of the phrase "attends at the scene of" an event which has occurred in a public place and substitute the following: "is of opinion that a person has been in charge of a...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: The member of the Garda Síochána would not have had to have been at the roadside.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 19: In page 13, line 40, to delete "may" and substitute "shall". This is an attempt to strengthen the mandatory aspect of the Bill. The Bill states "where the member does not have such an apparatus with him or her, to remain at that place in his or her presence or in the presence of another member of the Garda Síochána until such an apparatus becomes available to him...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 20: In page 15, line 34, after "opinion" to insert "or suspicion". I moved these amendments on Committee Stage. Amendment No. 20 inserts the words "or suspicion", again to strengthen the mandatory aspect of the legislation. This relates to preliminary impairment testing where a member of the Garda Síochána forms the opinion that the person in charge of a vehicle is...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 22: In page 15, after line 48, to insert the following: "(4) Where the outcome of testing under this section indicates that the person is incapable of having proper control of a vehicle, that outcome shall be evidence in a prosecution under section 4(1).". I propose to add an additional provision to tie in the preliminary testing in order that it can be used as evidence...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I thought it would have helped the Garda Síochána but I have thought about what the Minister said and I will withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendment No. 23 not moved.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 24: In page 16, lines 22 and 23, to delete "at the option of the person,". This amendment relates to the obligation to provide the breath, blood or urine specimen and to perform impairment testing following an arrest. I propose to delete the phrase "at the option of the person", again to strengthen the procedure in giving the specimen. I am sure the Minister has thought...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Did we dispose of amendment No. 23?

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: We are moving so fast that I did not contribute on it but I want to say something about it if I could.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 23: In page 16, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: "(7) As soon as practicable after the passing of this Act the Minister shall make regulations applying section 9 to random testing of saliva to ascertain whether persons in charge of mechanically propelled vehicles are under the influence of illegal drugs.". I appeal to the Minister to provide whatever...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 27: In page 23, lines 53 and 54, to delete all words from and including "a" in line 53 down to and including "by" in line 54 and substitute the following: "a sum approximating to the costs and expenses incurred by the prosecution and by".

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 28: In page 26, line 39, after "breath" to insert the following: ", provided that such apparatus does not operate to allow a standard deduction from the recorded reading of the concentration of alcohol in the breath".

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I will withdraw the amendment on the basis of the written report the Minister gave me and the lengthy discussion on Committee Stage.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 30: In page 27, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following: 29.---The Minister shall review and present to Dáil Éireann a full audit of the level of funding allocated to the Bureau given the increased burden of testing of drivers under the influence of intoxicants.". This is obviously an issue for the Estimates. I will withdraw the amendment.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 31: In page 28, to delete lines 24 to 38. Sorry, a Chathaoirligh. We are moving fairly fast.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Yes. Amendments Nos. 34 to 38 are being discussed together. I propose to delete lines 24 to 38.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Sorry. The amendment proposes to delete the whole of subsection (2) of section 29 on the basis that there does not seem to be a good reason specified that persons should receive a slap on the wrist. Many people feel that everybody needs to be left in no doubt of the significance of driving under the influence of alcohol. The Minister addressed this on Committee Stage.