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Mon 10 Oct 2009Drink-drive penalty points may be reduced
THE NUMBER of penalty points to be issued for lower-level breaches of the proposed new drink-driving legislation is expected to be lower than originally envisaged, in order to persuade Fianna Fáil backbenchers to back the Road Traffic Bill.
A spokeswoman for Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey did not deny reports yesterday that the penalty point sanctions for some offenders which he outlined to a heated meeting of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party last week would be reduced.
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