Shane Ross (Independent)

That is not a point of order. There are no points of information in this House.

I agree with Senator Wilson that the Minister is a breath of fresh air in the Government in that he has introduced measures which others feared to introduce and did not introduce when they were in power. What is going on?

The penalty points system is a great success for the Government for one reason only – it saves lives and we cannot criticise any measures which save lives. The measure has succeeded. There are fewer people in our graveyards as a result of it. That is a success for which I congratulate the Minister. I wish his Cabinet colleagues would allow him to tackle some of the other problems he is facing with the same speed and decisiveness but I have no doubt that in time he will be able to make decisions which affect our lives beneficially in other areas of his stewardship.