Senators:

Lately the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has been quick to announce on radio the number of people arrested for drink driving. However, I have discovered only half of them are convicted. I understand that if one is arrested on suspicion of drink driving, one's name is put on the database, or on the PULSE system, as having been arrested. However, there is an issue about one's name being removed from the system if one is subsequently proved not to have been over the legal limit. If a medical practitioner is found innocent, will his or her name still appear on a database indicating her or she was under investigation or will it be wiped off? This issue relates to the Data Protection Act more than anything else.