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22/01/2013
Kerry Council Back Drink-Drive Permit
A motion calling for a permit system to allow isolated rural people to drink and drive over the current legal limit, has been backed by Kerry County Council.
Tabled by Councillor Danny Healy-Rae, the motion, which would see permits issued at the discretion of local gardaí, was passed on Monday by five votes to three, with the remainder of the councillors either absent or abstaining.
Mr Healy-Rae said a permit system would go a long way towards tackling rural isolation.
Saying that people living in rural areas have limited access to buses, trains and taxis, Mr Healy-Rae said the motorists would only be travelling at low speeds on local roads.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland Healy-Rae said: "I'm not asking to break the law. What I'm asking is that a different law be implemented to cater for these kind of people ... Two or three drinks would be the amount.
"I don't want to cause any deaths. What I'm trying to do is prevent deaths because it has been known, and it has been mentioned by our coroner, that suicide is becoming an ever-increasing problem.
"While I'm not saying that this is the cause of all the suicides, we must start somewhere and prevent everyone that we can."
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Tabled by Councillor Danny Healy-Rae, the motion, which would see permits issued at the discretion of local gardaí, was passed on Monday by five votes to three, with the remainder of the councillors either absent or abstaining.
Mr Healy-Rae said a permit system would go a long way towards tackling rural isolation.
Saying that people living in rural areas have limited access to buses, trains and taxis, Mr Healy-Rae said the motorists would only be travelling at low speeds on local roads.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland Healy-Rae said: "I'm not asking to break the law. What I'm asking is that a different law be implemented to cater for these kind of people ... Two or three drinks would be the amount.
"I don't want to cause any deaths. What I'm trying to do is prevent deaths because it has been known, and it has been mentioned by our coroner, that suicide is becoming an ever-increasing problem.
"While I'm not saying that this is the cause of all the suicides, we must start somewhere and prevent everyone that we can."
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