More than 12,000 people are currently disqualified from driving due to intoxication, Minister for Transport Paschal Donohoe has told the Dáil.
The Minister said that figures up to September 29th showed 12,248 people in Ireland are prohibited from driving, under legislation dating between 1961 and 2010.
But the Minister could not accept calls for the automatic suspension of a licence of a driver involved in a fatal accident, if they subsequently fail a breathalyser test.
Mr Donohoe told Independent TD John Halligan that he had to emphasise that under the Constitution it is a “matter for the Courts to make a disqualification order preventing a person from validly holding a driver’s licence for a period of time”.
The Minister said however that in the forthcoming Road Traffic Bill he intended to deal with the issue of drugs driving.
Source: Marie O'Halloran Irish Times, 02/10/14
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