38. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to previous parliamentary questions and in view of the recent increase in road fatalities, if further consideration has been given to the proposal made by 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 he will acknowledge that several other countries in the European Union already follow these stipulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16520/15]

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38. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to previous parliamentary questions and in view of the recent increase in road fatalities, if further consideration has been given to the proposal made by 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 he will acknowledge that several other countries in the European Union already follow these stipulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16520/15]

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