Road Traffic Offences.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 September 2008

Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Questions (254)

Thomas P. Broughan

Question:

366 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents of drug driving detected each year from 2002 to 2008; the number of convictions attained for each of these years from detected incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31967/08]

Written answers

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Deputy Dermot Ahern)

The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide the statistics sought by the Deputy directly to him.