Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

I agree with the Deputy. There has to be transparency. It would be helpful if people in any area could expect a defined number of checkpoints and they should be informed at the end of every quarter or period of time that these checkpoints have been set up. I would be interested in the statistics of the number of people caught randomly as opposed to the previous way.

The Road Safety Authority is having discussions with the Garda Síochána because it is beginning to develop the road safety strategy which will take over from the strategy which ends this year. I am not the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform who is directly responsible for the day to day operations of the Garda Síochána. However, there is no difference between the Deputy's view and mine.

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