Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will bring forward the new Road Traffic Amendment Bill; if it will include a provision for the mandatory testing of all drivers involved in a road collision; the reason there has been such a delay in bringing this legislation forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21244/09]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The drafting of a Road Traffic Bill, which inter alia includes measures for the mandatory testing for alcohol of drivers involved in road traffic collisions, is near completion. It is my intention to publish it in this session.

The Road Traffic Acts already provide that a member of An Garda Síochána, if of the opinion that a driver is under the influence of an intoxicant or intoxicants to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the vehicle, may require that person to go to a Garda station and further require that person to submit to a blood test or to provide a urine sample.