Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 3, subsection (2), lines 29 and 30, to delete "and holding a mobile phone in relation to the performance of his or her duties".

These amendments concern the use of hand-held devices by Garda, ambulance and fire service personnel. These are generally not the people to whom we refer when talking about giving penalty points for using mobile phones or other devices when driving a car. There is no need to refer to such personnel in the Bill. They may need to have such devices in their hands during emergencies and they are not the people we are targeting.