Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. The data prepared by the research service showed that 40% of accidents involved people with no licence, which is what made me believe there were flaws in the current system. I believe we handed that advice to the Minister at the end of the proceedings on the previous occasion. Is the Garda advice that 40% is not serious? I believe we found that 10% were novices - which we will address later - 40% had no licence, and the rest were people with licences. Is the view now that it is not 40% or was the Minister able to get any clarification on it? It would be serious if 40% of the accidents were caused by people who did not have a licence. Does the Minister have any update on that? I should have raised the matter when I spoke previously. That was the background. I was very concerned, as was the Minister at the time, about the 40% of accidents involving drivers with no licence.