Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The main function of the GoSafe vans is to encourage people to drive carefully and not to speed and to detect those who are speeding. Those who operate the vans are being successful in that regard. There has been an increase in the number of fatalities among cyclists and motorcyclists. This is a problem. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar, and I met representatives of the Road Safety Authority and the Garda in order to consider initiatives which might be taken in this matter. However, we are paying a supplement in the sense that the GoSafe vans do not bring in income that would be accrued by way of gardaí issuing tickets. People are now driving in a safer way because they know of the existence of the vans and are, therefore, reducing their speed. Obviously, there is a need to provide the funding required to meet the obligations that arise.