665. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of speed checkpoints on Irish roads in each of the past ten years in each county in the State. [39481/23]

666. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of drink and drug driving check points in Irish roads in each of the past ten years in each county in the State. [39482/23]

Helen McEntee, Minister for Justice: I propose to take Questions Nos. 665 and 666 together.

As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána, which includes the enforcement of road traffic legislation and the recording of information on Garda IT systems. As Minister, I have no role in such matters.

I am advised by the Garda authorities that, as per the Garda Síochána Analysis Service (GSAS), checkpoints are recorded on PULSE, but there is no specific incident type for speed checkpoints and this information is not available as a result.

To be of assistance to the Deputy, GSAS have provided the below, which is a yearly breakdown per Garda division of the number of instances in which a party was issued with a Fixed Charge Notice for the offences of speeding.

These figures include both intercept (Garda member) and non-intercept (mobile safety camera van) dete

FCPN by Division [Link to Word document]

*Figures are based on incidents which occurred from 1 January 2014 to 12 September 2023, inclusive.

All information contained in this report is based upon operational data from the FCPS system as was available on 13 September 2023 and is liable to change.

In addition, the table below provides a yearly breakdown per Garda division of the number of Mandatory Intoxication Testing (MIT) Checkpoints carried out from 2014 to date in 2023.

MIT Checkpoints [Link to Word document]

Figures are based on incidents which occurred from 1 January 2014 to 31 August 2023, inclusive.

All information contained in this report is based upon operational data from the PULSE system as was available on 5 September 2023 and is liable to change.

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Dáil Éireann debate. Question 667 - Departmental data [39483/23]

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667. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions for excess speed, drink driving, drug driving and dangerous driving on Irish roads in each of the past ten years in each county in the State. [39483/23]

Helen McEntee, Minister for Justice: As the Deputy will be aware, prosecutions are a matter for the Director of Prosecutions, who is fully independent in her functions under Section 2(5) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974 (as amended).

As Minister I have no role in the operations, functions, governance or oversight of the Office of the DPP and am unable to provide any information or statistics relating to the Director's work as a result.

Additionally, management of the courts, along with related operational matters and logistical functions, are the responsibility of the judiciary and Courts Service, which are independent in exercising their functions under the Courts Service Act 1998 and through the separation of powers in the Constitution.

The Courts Service has a dedicated email address for the provision of information to members of the Houses of the Oireachtas: oireachtasenquiries@courts.ie.

To be of assistance I have referred the Deputy's question to the Courts Service for reply.