Road Traffic Offences.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 July 2004

Wednesday, 7 July 2004

Ceisteanna (141, 142)

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]

Róisín Shortall

Ceist:

145 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]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Transport (Mr. Brennan)

I 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.

Question No. 131 answered with QuestionNo. 39.

Question No. 132 answered with QuestionNo. 43.