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Cross border speeding plan paused
Motorists from one side of the border who commit traffic offences cannot have endorsements enforced in their own area
Plans to introduce a cross border penalty points system between the Republic and Northern Ireland have suffered a set back.
The department of the environment in the North has confirmed that work on the proposals has been paused due to the complexity of the issues involved.
At the moment, motorists from one side of the border who commit traffic offences in the other jurisdiction cannot have those endorsements enforced in their own area.
The governments in Dublin and Belfast wanted to close that loophole.
New laws allowing mutual imposition of penalty points were due to be introduced next year.
That is now unlikely to happen as the department of the environment in Belfast says the project has been paused due to the complexity of the issues involved.
Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has also conceded that there are legal matters which need to be addressed.
However, he said he remained fully committed to the cross border scheme and was confident it would proceed.
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Motorists from one side of the border who commit traffic offences cannot have endorsements enforced in their own area
Plans to introduce a cross border penalty points system between the Republic and Northern Ireland have suffered a set back.
The department of the environment in the North has confirmed that work on the proposals has been paused due to the complexity of the issues involved.
At the moment, motorists from one side of the border who commit traffic offences in the other jurisdiction cannot have those endorsements enforced in their own area.
The governments in Dublin and Belfast wanted to close that loophole.
New laws allowing mutual imposition of penalty points were due to be introduced next year.
That is now unlikely to happen as the department of the environment in Belfast says the project has been paused due to the complexity of the issues involved.
Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has also conceded that there are legal matters which need to be addressed.
However, he said he remained fully committed to the cross border scheme and was confident it would proceed.
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