Robert Troy
Ceist:
270. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles used by An Garda Síochána for non-intercepted speeding offence detection; and the number of these which are operational in tabular form. [53971/18]
Amharc ar fhreagra
The Deputy will appreciate that I have no direct role in the enforcement of road traffic legislation, which is an operational matter for the Garda Commissioner.
I have requested a report from An Garda Síochána, and will provide this information directly to the Deputy on receipt of said report.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A
I refer to Parliamentary Question 270 of 19 December 2018, in which the Deputy asked the number of vehicles used by An Garda Síochána for non-intercepted speeding offence detection and the number that are operational.
As the Deputy will recall, a report on this matter was requested from An Garda Síochána. I am informed that An Garda Síochána currently does not have vehicles equipped with non-intercept speeding offence detection facility. The outsourcing of the operation of safety cameras commenced in November 2010 and reached full operational capacity in March 2011. An Garda Síochána initially maintained a small fleet of detection vans to operate in tandem with the safety camera system, however, following on from recommendations made by the Garda Inspectorate in 2014, these vehicles were phased out as they reached end of life. The final vehicle was decommissioned at the end of 2017.
In November 2016, after a new tendering competition, GoSafe was awarded the new contract for the operation of safety cameras. This contract came into effect on 1 May, 2017. GoSafe is contracted to provide 7,475 hours of monitoring and surveying per month. This is currently divided up into a minimum of 7,375 monitoring hours per month across the country from mobile safety camera vans, which are marked with high visibility reflective material and which display safety camera symbols. GoSafe also provides a minimum of 100 survey hours per month, from unmarked vans, to observe and record the speeds at which vehicles are currently travelling, for survey purposes only. These survey hours may be reduced to increase monitoring hours. GoSafe currently have 53 vans attached to their fleet, 51 of which are detailed for monitoring and two for surveying.
I hope this information has been of some assistance to the Deputy.
