Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 320: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people employed by his Department as haulage inspectors each year from 2000 to date in 2006; their duties and functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7913/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The number of transport officers serving in the Department during the years in question is set out in the following table.

Transport officers are responsible for the enforcement of national and EU rules governing drivers' hours and working time for mobile road transport workers. Transport officers also enforce the rules governing the licensing of road freight and passenger road transport operators. Transport officers enforce these rules through roadside checkpoints and inspections at the premises of transport providers. It is planned to increase the cadre of transport officers to 18 in the context of the proposed establishment of a road safety authority.