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Road Traffic Bill 2024
- Sponsor
- Minister for Transport
- Introduced
- 25 Jan 2024
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Drivers committing multiple penalty point offences on the same occasion now receive multiple sets of points instead of just one, strengthening deterrent effect.
- Default speed limits reduced: built-up areas 50km/h to 30km/h; local roads 80km/h to 60km/h; national secondary roads 100km/h to 80km/h.
- Drug testing by gardaí now mandatory in same circumstances as alcohol testing, requiring oral fluid samples in suspected intoxication or serious collision cases.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil25 Jan 2024
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil13 Feb 2024
- Committee Stage 33rd Dáil13 Feb 2024
- Report Stage 33rd Dáil6 Mar 2024
- Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil6 Mar 2024
- Second Stage 26th Seanad6 Mar 2024
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad21 Mar 2024
- Report Stage 26th Seanad11 Apr 2024
- Fifth Stage 26th Seanad11 Apr 2024
- Enacted17 Apr 2024
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