Validity of blood-testing regulations

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Fitzpatrick asked whether the Supreme Court had ruled on the regulations; Collins said test cases remained before the courts, and some district justices were adjourning related cases.

Thomas J. Fitzpatrick Mr. T.J. Fitzpatrick Fine Gael

(Cavan-Monaghan): Have the Supreme Court yet given their decision on the validity of the regulations regarding the taking of blood?

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Joseph Brennan An Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

That is a separate question.

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Gerard Collins Mr. G. Collins Fianna Fáil

I understand that there are a number of test cases still to be resolved by the courts.

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Thomas J. Fitzpatrick Mr. T.J. Fitzpatrick Fine Gael

(Cavan-Monaghan): That means that the regulations are more or less in limbo at the moment.

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Gerard Collins Mr. G. Collins Fianna Fáil

There are some district justices, particularly in the west, adjourning cases as a result of the test cases before the higher courts.

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