Results 1-20 of 317 for garda speaker:Jack Chambers

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fines Administration (23 Apr 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...to Parliamentary Question 50 of the 10th April 2024, I as Minister for Transport cannot comment on the processing of payments arising from speeding offences, as such operations are a matter for An Garda Síochána. The Deputy may wish to note, however, that officials from my Department have been working on amendments to the European Cross-border Exchange of Information...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Strategies (23 Apr 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...to be finalised before the end of 2024. There are also a number of ongoing and immediate actions in respect of cameras in advance of the production of the wider strategy. TII is working with An Garda Síochána (AGS) on the rollout of three additional average speed camera locations, while AGS has also approved the rollout of nine additional static cameras. A 20% increase in the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (23 Apr 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...is issued by the Department of Transport and includes the requirement to surrender the driving licence or learner permit to the NDLS within 14 days of commencement of disqualification. An Garda Síochána have access to data on the National Vehicle Driver File (NVDF) as part of their Mobility Strategy and therefore can detect and prosecute a driver who continues to drive while...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Data Protection (18 Apr 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...locations referenced and is therefore not withholding the information requested, for GDPR reasons or otherwise. Responsibility for investigating road traffic incidents rests with the An Garda Síochána, which collects collision data at the roadside. To obtain collision information at the specific junctions requested, the Deputy should make contact with An Garda Síochána.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (18 Apr 2024)

Jack Chambers: The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has a statutory remit to report on fatal, serious and minor injury collisions on public roads. The RSA receives collisions data from An Garda Síochána for this purpose and produces official statistics to help develop evidence-based road safety interventions. Given the RSA's responsibility in this matter, I have referred the Deputy's questions to...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Jack Chambers: .... There is no doubt that enforcement is critical to deterring those who violate the laws on our roads. To that end, we are working with road safety partners in Transport Infrastructure Ireland and An Garda Síochána to roll out additional average speed and static cameras as part of the development of the national road safety cameras strategy. This is in conjunction with the...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...to redouble our efforts to reverse the current trend using everything at our disposal. Legislative change, renewed and enhanced educational campaigns, enhanced enforcement both through increased Garda numbers and technology, and improved engineering will all form part of the solution. While we have made great strides since our first national road safety strategy began in 1998, that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System (11 Apr 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...have an NVDF record to be matched to. However, it is also the case that some disqualifications are imposed on Irish licence holders but it is not possible to match these to the appropriate record. As the Garda Inspectorate Report explains, the primary cause for this is the failure of the individual to produce their driving licence in court. This is a topic which is subject of ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fines Administration (10 Apr 2024)

Jack Chambers: The administration of speeding offences, including payment methods for same, is a matter for An Garda Síochána and accordingly, falls under the remit of the Minister for Justice. 

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (9 Apr 2024)

Jack Chambers: The forthcoming changes to alcohol licensing hours being brought forward by the Department of Justice may entail a need to consider enforcement arrangements such as Garda deployment. These are, however, a matter for the Garda Commissioner. If there are any implications in terms of Garda resourcing, this would be a matter for my colleague the Minister for Justice. My Department's role is to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (9 Apr 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...) Regulations 1992 (SI No. 385 of 1992) and amendments made thereon set out the procedures regarding notification and recording of change of vehicle ownership. While data from the NVDF is shared with An Garda Síochána, the issuance of speeding fines, including establishing who the vehicle owner was at the time of the offence, is a matter for An Garda Síochána. ...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Mar 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...charges paid and both sets of points from court cases if they were convicted. The second issue this Bill will address concerns drug-driving. Currently, under the Road Traffic Act 2010, members of An Garda Síochána may test drivers for drugs at the scene of serious collisions, whereas they are required to test for alcohol. This Bill will amend the existing provision,...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Mar 2024)

Jack Chambers: .... I welcome the fact that the Minister, Deputy McEntee, secured additional funding for speed van hours, which have gone from 7,500 hours to 9,000 hours. Obviously, we have ongoing engagement with the Garda Commissioner on the need to see the improved deployment of and numbers in our roads policing units, which have a visible impact. The third aspect is engineering, which includes the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System (20 Mar 2024)

Jack Chambers: The Garda Síochána Inspectorate report noted that, on occasion, difficulties may arise in identifying the appropriate driver licence record on the National Vehicle and Driver File on which to endorse penalty points or apply disqualifications. The Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 amends section 5 of the Roads Act 1920 to address this issue, by ensuring that unique identifiers - a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (20 Mar 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...estimate of approximately 250,000 such vehicles operating on Irish roads. Details on any legal offences or prosecutions that may have occurred in relation to the Database are a matter for An Garda Síochána. Neither my Department nor MIBI would have access to this information.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (20 Mar 2024)

Jack Chambers: The legislation referred in the Deputy’s question is Section 41(1)(c) of the Road Traffic Act, 1994, as amended by the Road Traffic Act 2006, which gives a member of An Garda Síochána the power of detention, removal, storage and subsequent release or disposal of a vehicle using the public road, where the member reasonably believes that the vehicle’s motor tax has...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (6 Mar 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...;Amendment of section 10 of Act of 2010 13. Section 10 of the Act of 2010 is amended— (a) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4): “(4A) Where a member of the Garda Síochána, under paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (4), requires a person to provide a specimen of oral fluid from his or her mouth, the member shall require the...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (6 Mar 2024)

Jack Chambers: I move amendment No. 1: In page 9, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2B): “(2C) Where a member of the Garda Síochána, under subsection (2A), requires a person to provide a specimen of oral fluid from his or her mouth, the member shall require the person to remain at a place...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (28 Feb 2024)

Jack Chambers: The Road Safety Authority produces official statistics to inform road safety policy and evidence-based interventions. The Authority relies upon collision data collected by An Garda Síochána (AGS) for this purpose. Similarly, Transport Infrastructure Ireland makes use of data, as reported by AGS, to provide evidence for locations within the network to target and prioritise road...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...safer and more appropriate speed limits, as we are doing in this Bill. The third issue we are addressing in the Bill is intoxicant testing. Section 9 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 provides for the Garda to conduct intoxicant testing in four scenarios. These are cases where, in the opinion of the Garda member, a person in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle in a public place: (a)...