Seanad debates
Wednesday, 5 February 2003
Road Safety: Motion.
I do not wish to rehash the comments of previous speakers. I am glad agreement about road safety problems has been in evidence among Senators from all sides of the House and compliment the Government on introducing the penalty points system, although it should have been done some years earlier. Fianna Fáil promised to introduce the system during the 1997 general election campaign, meaning that we had to wait for almost six years. The delay was especially unfortunate, as Senator Browne said, because many families could have been spared the loss of a loved one if the system had been introduced earlier.
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