Claire Kerrane
Question:1246. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice the number of scramblers and quad bikes that were seized in 2020 and 2021 by Garda division in tabular form. [1186/22]
View answerWednesday, 19 January 2022
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As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, including the recording of traffic offences, collisions and seizures of vehicles. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters.
The Garda authorities have provided me with the information in the below table, relating to incidents involving quadbikes and scramblers for the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021. It is important to note that all information contained in this report is based upon operational data from the Pulse system as was available on 11/01/2022 and is liable to change.
There were 122 incidents where a quadbike was seized or detained and 234 incidents where a scrambler was seized or detained from 2020-2021.
Figures under 10 are excluded from the data tables. For this reason, figures for vehicles seized or detained are provided only at a regional level. The regional breakdown is as follows.
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2020-2021 |
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Dublin Region |
159 |
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Eastern Region |
50 |
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North Western Region |
45 |
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Southern Region |
102 |
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Total |
356 |
The above figures detail vehicles seized or detained. These include, but are not exclusively, those seized or detained under s41 of the Road Traffic Act.