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‹ Order of Business Road Traffic Bill publication
Summary
Deputy Dessie Ellis asks when legislation harmonising penalty points North and South will be published; the Minister expects the Road Traffic Bill next year.
There are plans for the penalty point systems to be harmonised North and South to make them more effective. People have evaded penalties, penalty points and fines for a number of years and we do not know what this evasion amounts to in monetary terms. The Road Traffic (No. 3) Bill is due for publication. When will it be published? This is an important issue in the context of safety.
Comment on this
I understand the Bill will be published next year and that the heads are being discussed by the Government.