576. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of roadside drink driving checks that have been put in place in each county for each of the past five years; and the number of prosecutions that were imposed in each county in the past five years. [10952/22] 

Helen McEntee Minister for Justice: As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, the Garda Commissioner is responsible by law for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including the enforcement of road traffic legislation. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. 

The below table, furnished to me by the Garda authorities, provides a yearly breakdown per Garda division of the number of Mandatory Intoxication Testing Checkpoints carried out for each of the past five years.

These figures are based on incidents which occurred from 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2021, inclusive. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the above figures are based upon operational data from the Pulse system as was available on 25/02/2022 and is liable to change.

I am further advised that drink-driving detections refer to incidents which have a detection status of ‘Detected’ or ‘Resulted in Proceedings’. I am informed that drug-driving detections are not included in the above figures.