Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Select Committee on Justice and Equality

Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised)

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Something popped into my mind as the Chair was speaking. I ask the Minister about the on-board system, which I do not know the name of, that the Garda uses to monitor cars, traffic and data on driving licences. How can that be kept up to date? The Minister was in the Dáil last week when I mentioned an incident I had a couple of years ago where I was stopped in the North and the PSNI was able to tell me everything to do with my car because it could access the on-board system that the gardaí used. A couple of hours later, I was stopped by members of the Garda in Donegal who said they would be able to tell me such things if I came along the following Wednesday, because they had the car that was able to do that perhaps once or twice a week. Will that be rolled out across the board in the State? What is the delay in it being rolled out now?

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