Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of left-hand drive cars which were involved in road fatalities in the past 12 months; [17955/06]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of vehicle accidents resulting in the death of non-nationals which involved a left-hand drive car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18330/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 381 and 383 together.

I am informed by the Garda authorities that for the period 1 January, 2006 to 9 May, 2006 four collisions involving left hand drive cars resulted in deaths of non — Irish nationals and in the same period six left hand drive cars were involved in fatal road traffic collisions.

I am also informed that the specific statistics requested are not available for 2005 or previous years.

A new foreign language road safety campaign was recently launched by my colleague the Minister for Transport. The objective of the campaign is to provide safety information to various minority ethnic groups. It focuses on legal requirements and road safety advice for driving in Ireland. Leaflets have been printed in a number of different languages and distributed to Garda Stations and workplaces where non-Irish nationals are likely to work.