John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the way the new mobile safety cameras located in Kerry have been performing; the number of driving offences they have been responsible for catching so far; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46214/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The objective of the outsourced Garda mobile safety cameras is to reduce the number of speed related collisions and so save lives, as excessive or inappropriate speeding is a major factor in road traffic collisions.

Since the commencement of operations of the cameras on 15 November, 2010 there has been on-going speed monitoring at locations nationwide where collisions resulting in fatal and serious injury have been identified as occurring as a result of inappropriate speed.

As well as enforcing vehicle speeds, the cameras are carrying out surveys of the speed of vehicles at these locations, so as to ensure that the cameras are deployed where they are most needed. Provisional statistics indicate that, to date, monitoring in County Kerry has resulted in 267 fixed charge notices being issued.