Seanad debates
Wednesday, 12 November 2003
Courts and Court Officers (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second and Subsequent Stages.
We could change things for the better in respect of blood alcohol cases. The Minister for Transport and I are discussing whether it is possible to introduce a system whereby, if one were over the legal alcohol limit, one would surrender one's licence for administrative disqualification, after which one's conviction would be published in a public list somewhere, one would pay one's fine and stop driving on the road, subject to very major penalties if one were to breach the administrative disqualification. This would make it unnecessary to produce witnesses and certificates and there would be no need to book a court effectively for an afternoon, against the hazard that a clever barrister would defend a case. Such a system could lead to a huge improvement.
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