Fergal Browne (Fine Gael)

Unfortunately, I do not share the enthusiastic support for the Government's record on road safety. The road safety campaign failed in its original target of reducing the number of deaths on the roads by 20%. The penalty points system was introduced in the tenth month of the fifth year of the five year strategy, even though it had been promised years earlier. Why was it not introduced earlier and, had it been, how many families would have been saved the bereavement of a loved one in that time? Random breath testing was also promised but has not materialised.