Mr. John Twomey:

Perhaps I might attempt to assist the Deputy in this area. In the wider area of road safety, we were taking a number of actions, a number of which were focused on enforcement and identifying and bringing to court those people who were misbehaving on the roads. A number of other actions were taken in the area of prevention and preventative actions. We should see this in the context of trying to save lives on the roads and make them much safer. If memory serves, in 2005, when a restructuring and reorganisation of traffic functions took place across the organisation, almost 400 people were killed on the roads. There has been a considerable improvement in that regard. I say this to provide context. As enforcement improved, the focus was on behaviour, prevention and compliance. Mandatory alcohol testing, MAT, checkpoints and breath tests focus on compliance. They were included in policing plans and used from a prevention perspective.