Michael Mullins (Fine Gael)

I welcome the proposal by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar, to strengthen the legislation concerning the taking of blood samples at serious road traffic accidents. While all welcome every effort being made by the Minister and the Road Safety Authority to reduce the number of road traffic casualties, the existing legislation in this area does not go far enough. Will the Leader invite the Minister to the House for a debate on how collectively we could contribute to and strengthen the legislation? I compliment the Road Safety Authority on the great work it has done to reduce road traffic casualties. However, any life lost on our road is one too many. We were all very sorry to read this morning of the loss of two lives of visitors to our country on the roads in County Galway.