National Transport Authority given right to regulate rickshaw drivers
Legislation has been passed which makes it illegal for motorists to drive while under the influence of cannabis, cocaine or heroin.
The Road Traffic Bill also makes it an offence to drive while under the influence of the cannabis containing drug Salvidex, used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
And the National Transport Authority (NTA) will have the right to regulate rickshaw drivers after an amendment introduced and pressed by Sinn Féin’s Imelda Munster was passed in a vote. Minister for Transport Shane Ross had opposed the amendment.
The Bill was reintroduced this year after it fell when the general election was called.
Source: Marie O'Halloran, Irish Times, 16/12/2016
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