Regina Doherty (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is unfair to ask the Minister of State these questions because he is not responsible for this, but he might know the answer. We could all sit here and talk about the difficulties we have with enforcement because we do not have enough gardaí. I know we are getting 1,000 more and yesterday we were told we need 2,000 more. We will get there, I have no doubt, but in the absence of having a quick fix for that, why did we increase the number of GoSafe vans by only 20%? Why did we not increase it by 100% and have one at every black spot in the country? It is relatively small money that has a huge impact. I will tell the Minister of State how much of an impact it has. The €80 fine was changed to a €160 fine, which is a whopping amount of money. Not everybody gets caught by the GoSafe vans. Why would we not do something as simple as that?