FG criticises Government's failure to introduce new drink-driving limit
The Government is coming under pressure today regarding the delay in reducing the legal blood alcohol limit for motorists.
Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey says a lower limit will definitely be introduced in 2009, but Fine Gael TD Fergus O'Dowd says this delay is unacceptable.
He is also criticising the Government's failure to commit to a 50mg limit, which is the norm across Europe.
A letter obtained by Mr O'Dowd shows that the Department of Health wrote to the Department of Transport last year complaining that the Road Safety Strategy failed to specifically recommend a new limit of 50mg per 100ml of blood.
