One of the Minister of Transport, Tourism and Sport's proposals in the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill is that cars will be taken off unaccompanied drivers with a provisional licence and that those who own the cars will be jailed. It takes 22 weeks for a driver with a provisional licence to get a driving test in Killarney. This period is seriously too long. Why does the Government not do something positive to help young persons who want to get on the road legally and give them a chance because I believe every young person, boy or girl, should get one chance to get on the road in this world? Twenty-two weeks is too long. The Government should give over with regard to the nonsense of jailing people and taking cars off them. They are draconian measures that should never be entertained.

The Bill is on Committee Stage and will be before committee on 9 February.