Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We all appreciate that many different things need to be done in order to improve road safety and enforcement is one of those. I am told that in 2022, the last year for which we have figures, enforcement levels for life saver offences were 6% higher than they were in pre-Covid times. These offences are speeding, using mobile phones, not wearing seat belts and being intoxicated while driving. Garda authorities are saying that the number of enforcement incidences is actually higher but it is a fact that the number of people working on roads policing has gone down. This is something that I will be taking up with the Garda Commissioner when we meet, probably next week, in relation to road safety and other matters.

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