Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 70: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the use of digital imagery in speed cameras under the terms of road traffic legislation; if it is necessary to introduce additional road traffic legislation in order to allow digital imagery to be used in the prosecution of offences resulting from speeding offences under road traffic legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15493/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Section 21 of the Road Traffic Act 2002 provides an appropriate and comprehensive basis for the use of apparatus, including cameras, for the purpose of establishing evidence in respect of a range of traffic offences, including speeding offences. The Road Traffic Act 2004 introduced further clarity to the provisions of section 21 in order to affirm the use of radar guns and other apparatus that do not produce permanent records, to support Garda enforcement.

The parameters established by section 21 for the use of apparatus generally are stated in the broadest possible manner in order to facilitate the deployment of any technology currently in use including digital imaging. Decisions relating to both the type of equipment and the technology to be deployed to support enforcement are matters for the determination of the Garda Commissioner.