I am delighted to hear the Minister speak in such strong terms on this matter. In view of his sincerity and of his conviction that something should be done about the problem would he not consider forming a traffic corps having regard to the extent to which the Garda are overstretched in regard to law enforcement in the area of serious criminal offences and so on and also because of extra security duties in Border areas?

I am talking in terms of traffic corps such as those in Sweden or Denmark where such groups of people have limited powers to deal with traffic offences such as speeding, parking, dangerous driving and so forth. Will the Minister consider seriously the formation of such a group? Again I would like to congratulate him on the manner in which he has dealt with this very serious question.

Certainly I will look at this and I will be willing to consider anything that will bring down the number of injuries and deaths on our roads. However, I want to be convinced that it is not merely something cosmetic and that it will really be effective. I will talk to the Garda, the Road Safety Bureau and any other body who might have a view on this to find out if there is any point in pursuing that idea. A number of things could be done.

Could I ask the Minister at some stage to report back to the House?

Yes, I will be glad to do so. I will contact the Deputy directly or maybe report to the House on my own Estimate or something like that. I repeat that in the end we all have a responsibility in this, not only the Minister and the Government. All of us as parents primarily must teach our children when they are going to drive that what they have in their hands is as dangerous and as lethal as a gun. There is no point in saying that they were only doing 80 in a 60-mile zone. If they kill somebody, that will live with them for the rest of their lives, leaving aside altogether the fact that perhaps a man is dead and his widow and children left without a breadwinner. The responsibility of driving a car is something that we all have a constant duty as parents, teachers and legislators to bring to the mind of the public continuously and we must tell them that they are handling something as lethal as a gun and which should be handled just as carefully.