Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 560: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no requirement for the insurance of horse drawn carriages which are used for taxi and tourist purposes on public streets and that persons who sustain injury as a result of an accident caused by a horse have no means of recovering compensation; and if he will take action to update this defect in the laws. [10463/05]

Ivor Callely (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Road Traffic Acts provide that the user of a mechanically propelled vehicle in a public place must have third party insurance cover. Horse drawn carriages are not covered by this legislation and I have no plans currently to so include them.