Written answers
Tuesday, 12 October 2004
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Garda Vehicles
9:00 pm
Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the maximum speed of the slowest vehicle in each of the Garda divisional road traffic units; the age, make and model of each vehicle concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24206/04]
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I have been informed by the Garda authorities responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the information requested by the Deputy is as follows:
| Division | Make and Model | Max. Speed* | Age in Years |
| Carlow/Kildare | Isuzu Trooper 3.0TD | 99.4 M.P.H | 0.46 |
| Cavan/Monaghan | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 2.40 |
| Cork City | Isuzu Trooper 3.0TD | 99.4 M.P.H | 0.35 |
| Cork North | Toyota Landcruiser 3.0TD | 103 M.P.H | 1.69 |
| Cork West | Isuzu Trooper 3.0TD | 99.4 M.P.H | 0.42 |
| Donegal | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 0.24 |
| DMR East | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 2.63 |
| DMR N.C. | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 2.64 |
| DMR North | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 2.73 |
| DMR South | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 3.04 |
| DMR S.C. | Cherokee Jeep 2.5TD | 94 M.P.H | 6.99 |
| DMR Traffic | Isuzu Trooper 3.0 TD | 99.4 M.P.H | 1.01 |
| DMR West | Toyota Landcruiser 3.0TD | 103 M.P.H | 1.66 |
| Galway West | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 3.13 |
| Kerry | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 2.67 |
| Louth/Meath | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 2.68 |
| Laois/Offaly | Isuzu Trooper 3.0TD | 99.4 M.P.H | 0.49 |
| Longford/ Westmeath | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 0.56 |
| Limerick | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 2.69 |
| Mayo | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 0.23 |
| Roscommon/ Galway East | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 2.65 |
| Sligo/Leitrim | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 2.64 |
| Tipperary | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 2.63 |
| Waterford/Kilkenny | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 2.29 |
| Wexford | Nissan Terrano 2.7TD | 94 M.P.H | 3.14 |
| * Max. speed is manufacturer's figure. |
While some divisions have vehicles which are slower than these listed here, they are not traffic patrol vehicles and are only used as aides to traffic corps for tasks such as ferrying cones or towing mobile weighbridges. The age of vehicles is not calculated by reference to the date of first registration but rather by reference to the date when these vehicles first go into service as operational vehicles.
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