3. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of his clearly stated priority to keep road fatalities and injuries down and taking into account the fact that alcohol is estimated to be a contributory factor in at least one in three fatal road collisions, if he will undertake to examine the proposals of the Brendan’s Law campaign to introduce mandatory penalties for drink drivers in fatal accidents and to automatically suspend the licence of a driver involved in a fatal accident who subsequently fails a breathalyser test; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that several other countries in the European Union already follow these stipulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37072/14]

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3. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of his clearly stated priority to keep road fatalities and injuries down and taking into account the fact that alcohol is estimated to be a contributory factor in at least one in three fatal road collisions, if he will undertake to examine the proposals of the Brendan’s Law campaign to introduce mandatory penalties for drink drivers in fatal accidents and to automatically suspend the licence of a driver involved in a fatal accident who subsequently fails a breathalyser test; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that several other countries in the European Union already follow these stipulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37072/14]

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