Ann Ormonde (Fianna Fail)

It is about people on the roads. I will give a small example. I was travelling down the country last Monday on a side road. Fortunately I was driving slowly. A young fellow came at me and only that I was quite into the ditch I would not be here speaking today. This issue is about speeding and crossing white lines. It is not always about drink driving. It is about behavioural and attitude change in everybody who gets into a car.

The Government cannot do everything. Every crossroads and byroad in the country cannot be manned. Responsibility must be put on young people. If they go behind the wheel of a car they must know to obey the rules of the road. That is the bottom line and there is no way to overcome that point. I do not care what legislation or breath testing is introduced. If the simple rules of the road are not obeyed we will have accidents.