Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 July 2006
531 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of speed cameras which are presently functioning in South Tipperary; the number of vehicles the cameras have detected speeding each year since their installation; and the number of prosecutions which have taken place arising from detections by the speed cameras. [27600/06]
View answer562 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda speed checks which took place at accident black spots in South Tipperary in the years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006. [27587/06]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 531 and 562 together.
I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are no fixed speed cameras in operation in the Garda Districts of Clonmel, Cahir and Tipperary town. Portable speed laser equipment is used by Garda personnel to detect speeding offences and a GATSO mobile unit operates within the areas referred to.
I am further informed that in the Tipperary Garda Division, as in every Garda Division, certain areas are identified as collision prone locations. This information is incorporated into the collision prevention programme whereby An Garda Síochána, in conjunction with the local authority, examines each location from an enforcement and engineering perspective. This location may then require action on the part of the local authority or increased enforcement by An Garda Síochána.
Statistics are not compiled in such a way as to establish the number of speed checks conducted by An Garda Síochána in the areas referred to, and it would require a disproportionate expenditure of Garda time and resources to collate the information requested.
