Mr. John O'Driscoll:

It is important to point out that there are processes in place for measuring particular aspects of road safety and other aspects of activity in which An Garda Síochána engages, for example, as stated by the acting Commissioner, Mr. Twomey, how many people are prosecuted, how many people have died and how many people are injured on our roads. On the particular statistic about which we are now speaking we did not have a proper process in place. For example, there was no process around the return of devices used for breathalysing people or the recording of the identifying numbers of those devices and so on. As such, this statistic is distinguished from the other statistics in that regard.

As I understand it, at management meetings throughout the country, the core statistics around how many people were prosecuted for dangerous driving, drunk driving, and how many people have died on the roads, were examined. The figure in respect of how many breathalyser units were used was not a matter that was discussed at management meetings.