Is a driver permitted to pick up or set down a passenger on a motorway?

It is only permitted within 200 metres of a slip-road.
A driver is never permitted to pick up or set down passengers on a motorway.
It is not permitted, except during daylight hours.
It is permitted provided that the driver stops on the hard-shoulder.

Explantion: Motorways are designed so that traffic can move faster and more freely. It is illegal and dangerous to stop a vehicle on any part of a motorway except in an emergency or when signalled to do so by a Garda.

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Is a driver permitted to pick up or set down a passenger on a motorway?

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