Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 6:

In page 21, line 37, after "a" to insert "doctor or nurse who is acting in the course of duty and tending to a medical emergency and also does not apply to a".

Doctors should be included in the provisions relating to exemptions for the drivers of emergency vehicles. A doctor exceeding the speed limit in his or her haste to reach the scene of a serious car crash or other accident or to attend a gravely ill person should be exempt from penalty. More recently we have seen doctors' vehicles on call throughout the weekends. They should also be exempt and should be treated in the same way as ambulances, especially in cases where such doctors can prove they are going to attend to an emergency.