Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 157: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of transport officers in his Department who have responsibility for the enforcement of tachograph regulations; the number of on-road inspections which have been carried out by the officers in each of the part five years; the number of prosecutions for breaches of tachograph regulations which have been taken by transport officers of his Department in each of the past five years; and the outcome of such prosecutions. [24233/06]

Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently nine Transport Officers serving in my Department and this number will shortly increase to 18. Procedures are underway to recruit new Transport Officers in preparation for the transfer of the duties to the newly formed Road Safety Authority and decentralisation to Loughrea. Transport Officers attend all multi-agency checkpoints throughout the country. The schedule for these checkpoints is drawn up in advance with input from all the agencies concerned. A number of Transport Officers attend at each checkpoint. Occasionally checkpoints are also arranged on a bi-lateral basis with the Garda.

The number of multi-agency roadside checkpoints attended by Transport Officers and the number of prosecutions initiated for tachograph offences in each of the past five years is as follows:

Details of the outcome of court cases can be obtained from the Courts Service. My Department does not retain complete records.