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Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is a different kind of a road. I am talking about a national primary route. It is practically a motorway, and if a person is stopped on the side of that road that person's life will be in grave danger. A young person making his or her way home in the dark may not make it. It is a similar story for someone leaving Listowel for Knockanure, Tarbert or Ballylongford. If one looks at the...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Will the Minister answer this question?

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: The Minister was invited to Kerry last week by Local Link Kerry. I was invited to attend as well. The Minister did not invite me. When I looked for details about how the Minister was travelling and what travel arrangements had been made I was told to contact the office of Deputy Brendan Griffin. I was also stalled there. I received no information from him. At the start of this debate...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have more questions to ask.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: They are relevant to this amendment. Instead of suggesting that these people be put off the road and kept from driving, why was a curfew not imposed on them, from early morning until evening so that they could get to work, apprenticeships, colleges or to their work experience placements? Why did we not think of the box-clever system, where a little black box can be fitted to a car which can...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Yes, but I believe-----

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Every youngster deserves one chance. If he or she blots his or her copybook, I would accept it, but they are not being given a chance. The Minister does not understand what it is like to live in a remote place. If he was asked to live in a place like Glenmore, Lauragh or the Black Valley for three or four weeks and did not have a car, he would understand how hard it was and what it was...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: May I ask the remainder of my questions?

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: May I ask the remainder of my questions?

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Yes, but can I ask the remainder of my questions afterwards?

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I have one more question.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I simply wanted to know that.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I did not speak on this amendment yet.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: To be fair, I did not speak.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Does the Minister realise that 22 to 24 weeks is the norm to wait for a driving test in Kerry, including in Killarney and Tralee?

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: What is the Minister going to do about that? What are we to do about the young person who turned up for his test in the middle of the day two weeks ago and the tester refused to do the test because one of the tail-lights was not working? What are we to do with that same young fellow who, from that date, cannot apply for a retest until one month passes? What kind of rule is that? What...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I want the Minister to explain to me how he can honestly say that what he is proposing to do is fair to rural people.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: That was on 6 February.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I did not get an answer to the question.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Why do they have to wait a month to retake their test?