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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I have a question, but I do not expect to receive an answer to it now. When I carried out some research in preparation for this meeting, I discovered that the RSA had research that showed that between 11 and 14 people died every year as a result of disqualified drivers driving on the roads. That is an appalling statistic. Will the delegates give us more data on that aspect?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The percentage quoted was 7%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The percentage I quoted was probably related to an earlier period. Were 7% of accidents caused by people who had been disqualified from driving?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Is that a huge proportion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Of all of the drivers on the roads the number of disqualified drivers is small, yet they cause a lot of damage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I call on the assistant commissioner, Mr. David Sheahan, to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The ten years must not yet be up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Can Assistant Commissioner Sheahan demonstrate it now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Thank you. How expensive is it per unit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Can the app be used on any Garda mobile phone?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The cost would be for the phone itself.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I presume it would be a Garda issue phone and there would have to be a special need for it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: It could be used for other Garda activities.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: When the garda puts in the data, it will search the database.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: This presentation has been extremely helpful. I want to understand one thing. The people who are court disqualified are people with either drink-driving or dangerous driving convictions, which are very serious offences. Penalty points are cumulative but it is also very serious where one goes over the seven. I have just checked the data in the Courts Service report for 2016 and the courts...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: If one is convicted, there is a mandatory disqualification.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The law is an ass, in other words.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The same number of deaths is being addressed in the legislation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: They are the minimum.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I have a question. Having discussed this issue with Deputies, including Deputy Declan Breathnach in my constituency, there are significant differences in Border areas. Will the witnesses comment on whether people from outside the jurisdiction believe they can operate with impunity when they are south of the Border? I do not know if this is the case but we believe this is part of the culture.