Feargal Quinn (Independent)

While I was about to apologise, as that appears to be the thing to do, I will not. My apologies would have been for missing a debate on which I wished to speak yesterday. Hence, I was delighted to discover that Second Stage debate on the Road Safety Authority Bill did not conclude. This will provide me with an opportunity to speak on it whenever it comes before the House. Can the Leader inform the House as to when the Road Safety Authority Bill is likely to come before the House for the resumption of Second Stage?

I was not present because I was attending another European meeting in Helsinki. I was interested to learn of one aspect of road safety there. I am aware the Finns have a good record in this regard. I was informed that one step taken there was to link penalty points fines to income. A rather wealthy individual was recently fined €300,000 for speeding on his motorbike, because the fine was related to his income.