Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is aware that since the revelations of the breath testing scandal at the start of 2017, An Garda Síochána is still not publishing full statistics on the website around mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoints, MITS. The respective number of checkpoints and breath tests are not displayed. Since April 2017 I have been asking the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, about this matter and about the level of training among An Garda Síochána in the use of the Dräger 5000 device. I have asked about the total number of tests carried out in each county along with the number of positive tests. Previous responses to parliamentary questions told me that "only data in respect of the number of positive preliminary drug tests performed at mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoints can be provided." We need, however, to see the full picture. Although it is down by six deaths, this year we still have had a significant number of road fatalities.

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