Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I understand fully what Deputy Munster is saying. I understand the doubts that Deputy Munster and others have about figures coming from the Garda. However, the figures in question are not coming from the Garda. What Deputy Munster is saying is, without dispute, right about people having concerns about any figures that come from the Garda at the moment.

There is public unrest about it but what we are doing is based on coroners' figures, the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, MBRS, figures and Road Safety Authority figures and not on any of the Garda figures, which are obviously flawed. They are impeccable, as far as we know. There is no question mark over these sources and to question, say, the coroners' figures would probably be without any justification.