Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 6:

In page 16, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:

"(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of "driving licence," after "his or her" where it occurs,".

The Minister is dealing with cyclists who previously would not give their name and address to a garda, as I understand to mean by the amendment of section 7 of the Principal Act. I have tried to tie that down. Why are not people required to produce driving licences, carry them with them, bring them to court and have them there at all times? If it is important, and I fully support the Minister on this, that cyclists cannot be anonymous. Surely drivers must have identification. What I have run up against on this issue is some belief that it is invidious to ask somebody to carry his or her driving licence with them, that it is an infringement of human rights or whatever. This matter is too serious. It is an activity that kills 166 people per year. I am seeking a requirement that people must have a driving licence with them when driving. The garda knows who they are, as he or she is about to know who the pedal cyclists are that the Minister is dealing with.