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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 February 2022

Tuesday, 22 February 2022

Questions (648)

Cathal Crowe

Question:

648. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the average hourly and daily number of uninsured vehicles that are identified by An Garda Síochána through the use of the automatic number-plate recognition system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9643/22]

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As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters.

I am informed the Garda authorities that Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) was first introduced by the Garda authorities in 2008 and is used on a daily basis to assist in the prevention and detection of crime on our roads network. I am further informed that the uninsured watch list on the ANPR system has been live since 12 July 2019, and records are available on the ANPR system since that date.

I am advised that since 12 July 2019, an average of 128 uninsured vehicles have been identified by An Garda Síochána per day through the use of ANPR which is approximately 5 per hour over a twenty-four hour period.

The Deputy will appreciate that the values vary greatly depending on the time of day and the day of the week.

The tables below, which have been provided to me by the Garda authorities, set out the average number of uninsured vehicles detected on the ANPR System on both a daily and hourly basis.

Daily breakdown

Day

Daily Average

Monday

133

Tuesday

136

Wednesday

140

Thursday

139

Friday

143

Saturday

107

Sunday

100

Hourly breakdown

This is the breakdown based on an average daily number of identified uninsured vehicles.

8am-11am

11am-2pm

2pm-5pm

5pm-8pm

8pm-8am

22

29

35

23

19

I am advised that the above figures are based on records from 12/07/2019 to 31/12/2021, inclusive. I am further advised that these figures are based upon operational data from the ANPR System as was available on 18/02/2022 and is liable to change.

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