John Minihan (Progressive Democrats)

I listened to him discuss the replies to his queries and the only contribution he made was that one would need a magic wand to sort out the accident and emergency services. He continued by welcoming Fine Gael's policy announcements at the recent Ard-Fheis. I did not interrupt him and I now propose to deal with the points he made.

To return to the subject of drunks, Fine Gael proposes to fine the passenger in a car being driven home by a sober friend who was involved in a car crash, the innocent victim of a street attack, or someone with a mental illness whose condition might not be instantly recognised.