Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 45: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of the new legislation that is being prepared to counter the use of mobile phones by drivers; the efforts he is making to ensure that this new legislation will not be challenged in the courts; when this new legislation will be published; the exact provisions of the new legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9675/05]

Ivor Callely (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Arising out of advice from the Attorney General that the existing regulations on mobile phone use by drivers may be ultra vires, the use of mobile phones while driving is under examination in my Department in the overall context of in-vehicle information and communications technologies.

Subject to the outcome of that examination it is my intention to include proposals related to the use of mobile phones by drivers in the next road traffic Bill. I do not have a precise timetable in mind for such a Bill at present.