Andrews, David

Thursday, 18 May 1967

Dáil Eireann Debate
Vol. 228 No. 10

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Committee on Finance. - Road Traffic Bill, 1966: Committee Stage (Resumed).

I am not at all too happy about this breathaliser test. The section is somewhat too loosely worded. It is not definitive enough. Having said that, I think I should pose a number of questions to the ...More Button

Surely if somebody is found lying in the back of a car at three or four o'clock in the morning, it deserves investigation?More Button

I think the question we are asking the Minister is whether the garda can go into the suspect's house? Is that not the point?More Button

I agree with the point the Deputy has made. Subsection (1) of section 27 does not define clearly whether the person in charge of a vehicle in a public place has consumed the alcohol or not. The per...More Button

Is the breath test in the first instance taken in public on the side of the road?More Button

On this question of the breathaliser test, in the first instance, I presume this is taken on the side of the road? Would the Minister amend, by way of addition, subsection (1) of section 27 to give t...More Button

I wonder could the Minister do it under subsection (1) of section 27 and make it clear?More Button

I see that there is a tie-up between section 27 and section 29.More Button

Road Traffic Bill, 1966: Committee Stage (Resumed).

At the same time, we do not want a joyless society.More Button

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