Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister will be aware that we have volumes of road traffic legislation on the Statute Book. We also have proposed amendments to legislation in this area going through the House at present. At the same time we have a situation whereby Garda statistics in respect of breath testing cannot be relied on by policymakers or the public. In the context of recent criticism by the Road Safety Authority, RSA, of the number of personnel allocated to the Garda traffic corps, what is the Minister going to do to ensure that the traffic corps reaches the numbers that are needed to protect people in this country?

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