Derek McDowell (Labour)

I move amendment No. 19:

In page 11, before section 10 but in Part 3, to insert the following new section:

"Alcohol-related offences.

10.–(1) The Minister for the Environment and Local Government shall, within 2 months of the passing of this Act, propose regulations lowering the permissible level of alcohol in the blood for persons driving on a provisional licence to zero and for other persons to 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, with corresponding reductions for the permissible level in urine and breath.

(2) It shall not be necessary for a member of the Garda Síochána to form any particular opinion before requiring a person to give a sample of his or her breath under the Road Traffic Act 1961.".

My colleague tabled this amendment for discursive purposes. However, I do not intend to pursue that discussion. Therefore, I will not press the amendment.