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- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)
Michael Lowry: ...in this matter and he has brought forward measures that are unnecessary and excessive and which target the wrong cohort of people. In particular, the Bill will impact on people living in isolated rural parishes that are far removed from public transport services. The Minister is fortunate that in his constituency one can choose between the DART, Luas and bus. Alternatively, a taxi will...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)
Martin Heydon: ...here with an absolutely clear conscience that supporting the Bill is the right thing to do. I referred to muddying of the waters. There has been talk of old men in their 90s who live in isolated rural areas and travel to the local pub three nights a week for two pints at a time and leave it at that. The focus of this debate has been all on the right of that man to have his couple of...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)
Éamon Ó Cuív: ...one has to take a taxi, walk or drive because the Minister has done nothing to provide commuter services late into the evening out of the any of the major towns or cities, not to mention the very rural areas of Ireland. There are 20,000 people living in south Connemara. Does the Minister imagine that all the young people are expected to go home at 6 p.m. or to use a car? The Minister,...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)
Bernard Durkan: ...of closures of facilities all over the country. The Opposition nowadays is jumping up and down, howling with indignation about the closure of post offices, schools, libraries and other services in rural Ireland. They were identified, pursued and closed then and nothing at all was said about it. It does no harm occasionally to review where we came from, where we were, and who made the...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)
Bernard Durkan: A man when he was asked for directions in a rural area said, "Well, if was going there, I wouldn't start from here". Likewise, if I had been talking about this Bill before it was introduced, I might have taken a different attitude. It has been introduced and is in the public arena for debate. No matter what way we look at it, a decision has to be made. The decision, in turn, will have an...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: ...can be informal or formal inquiries and that not only judges but also lay people will sit on them. The issue around drunk driving is exceptionally clear. I understand the feelings of people in rural areas and the initiative that hopefully the Government will take regarding Rural Link, but ultimately when one sits behind the wheel of one's car, one has to be able to say that one does...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)
Fergus O'Dowd: ...roads safer by encouraging safer driving by motorists and ensuring, in so far as we can, that alcohol is no longer a factor in road deaths. It is not, as some speakers have claimed, an attack on rural or urban life or any group of persons. The purpose of the proposals is to make our roads safer for us all. Whether one is driving in west Kerry or north Louth, the same rules apply. As it...