Jim O'Keeffe
Ceist:130 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Transport the steps he proposes to take, as a matter of urgency, to address the inability of a radar gun to produce a record. [16301/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraDáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 July 2004
130 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Transport the steps he proposes to take, as a matter of urgency, to address the inability of a radar gun to produce a record. [16301/04]
Amharc ar fhreagra145 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Transport the action he intends to take arising from a number of cases in the District Courts in which speeding charges were dismissed because speed guns used by the Garda are not capable of producing a written record of the speed detected. [20413/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 130 and 145 together.
My Department was notified by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions of an instance where Cork District Court dismissed a speeding offence case brought against a motorist where the prosecution was based on foot of a speed measurement that was detected by a member of the Garda Síochána using a speed detection radar gun.
The matter was referred for advice to the Office of the Attorney General with a view to identifying whether a change in the current road traffic law is required. If an amendment is required I will bring new legislative provisions before the Oireachtas without delay.